Associations between diet quality, blood pressure, and glucose levels among pregnant women in the Asian megacity of Jakarta.
Deviana A S SiregarDavrina RiandaRima IrwindaAnnisa Dwi UtamiHanifa HanifaAnuraj H ShankarRina AgustinaPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Higher diet quality was associated with lower diastolic blood pressure among pregnant women in an urban LMIC community, but not with systolic blood pressure and blood glucose. A behavioral change intervention trial would be warranted to confirm the influence of diet quality on blood pressure and glucose levels and among pregnant women, and even before pregnancy.