Associations between diet quality and dietary patterns and gestational diabetes mellitus in a low-risk cohort of pregnant women in Australia: a cross-sectional study.
Sara EbrahimiStacey J ElleryRebecca Maree LeechPaige F van der PligtPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2024)
No associations between DASH score, MDS and GDM were found; however an inverse association was observed between the first dietary pattern and GDM in late pregnancy (p = 0.023). Longitudinal studies are needed to examine diet quality and dietary patterns at early and late pregnancy to inform the development of tailored dietary advice for GDM.