Maternal visceral adipose tissue during the first half of pregnancy predicts gestational diabetes at the time of delivery - a cohort study.

Alexandre da Silva RochaJuliana Rombaldi BernardiSalete MatosDaniela Cortés KretzerAlice Carvalhal SchöffelMarcelo Zubaran GoldaniJosé Antônio de Azevedo Magalhães

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The high and significant OR found before and after adjustments provides additional evidence of a strong association between VAT and GDM. It appears that VAT measurement during the first half of pregnancy has great potential in identifying non-obese women at high risk for GDM. This evidence can assist obstetricians in correctly allocating resources among populations of pregnant women at risk, determined not only by pre-gravid body mass index (BMI).

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
body mass index
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
weight gain
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet
polycystic ovary syndrome
risk assessment
skeletal muscle