Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
The association between offspring birthweight and future risk of maternal diabetes: A population‐based study
Main finding · Incident maternal diabetesResult — go to the resultAdjusted hazard ratio 2.30 95% CI 2.16–2.46Authors' conclusion
A higher offspring birthweight signals an increased risk of maternal diabetes, offering another potentially useful way to identify women especially predisposed to diabetes.
Study context
- Population
- Women aged 16–50 years without pre-pregnancy diabetes with a live birth between 2006 and 2014, Ontario, Canada
- Participants
- 893,777 women
- Exposure
- Offspring birthweight percentile categories
- Outcome
- Incident maternal diabetes after pregnancy
- Follow-up
- Median (IQR) 4.4 (1.5-7.4) years
Methodological detailspopulation-based, linked health databases
- Population-based
- Linked health databases
Main finding
Incident maternal diabetes
Adjusted hazard ratio
2.30
95% CI 2.16–2.46
97th–100th percentilevs 50th–74.9th percentile
aHR 2.30 (95% CI 2.16–2.46)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | aHR | |
|---|---|---|
| Incident maternal diabetes, women with GDM | 2.01 (95% CI 1.83–2.21) | |
| Incident maternal diabetes, women without GDM | 2.59 (CI 2.36–2.84) | |
| 0.20.5125Adjusted hazard ratio (log scale) |
Diagnosed with diabetes (overall) · median 4.4 years
- Women diagnosed with diabetes
- 14,329 (1.6%)
Original publication
The association between offspring birthweight and future risk of maternal diabetes: A population‐based study. Diabet Med. Published 5 November 2022. doi:10.
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