scholarly journals Gestational Weight Gain Influences Neonatal Outcomes in Women With Obesity and Gestational Diabetes

Author(s):  
Ana M Ramos-Levi ◽  
Gemma Rodriguez-Carnero ◽  
Cristina Garcia-Fontao ◽  
Antia Fernandez-Pombo ◽  
Paula Andújar-Plata ◽  
...  

Abstract Background. Obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are associated to increased risk of perinatal complications and obesity in the offspring. However, the impact of gestational weight gain (GWG) on maternal and fetal outcomes has led to controversial results. Research design and methods. Retrospective study of 220 women with GDM and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2. Pregnant women were classified according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations regarding prior BMI and GWG. We evaluated the impact of GWG on birth weight and perinatal outcomes. Results. Mean maternal age was 34.7±5.3 years. Pre-pregnancy obesity was classified as grade I in 55.3% of cases, grade II in 32.0%, and grade III in 12.7%. GWG was adequate (5-9kg) in 24.2%, insufficient (< 5kg) in 41.8% and excessive (> 9kg) in 34.2%. Birthweight was within normal range in 81.9%, 3.6% were small for gestational age (SGA) and 14.4% were large for gestational age (LGA). Insufficient GWG was associated to a higher rate of SGA offspring, excessive GWG was associated to LGA and adequate GWG to normal birth weight. Conclusion. GWG in women with pre-pregnancy obesity and GDM impacts neonatal birthweight. Insufficient GWG is associated to SGA and excessive GWG is associated to LGA. Women with adequate GWG according to IOM guidelines obtained better perinatal outcomes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Mustaniemi ◽  
Hilkka Nikkinen ◽  
Aini Bloigu ◽  
Anneli Pouta ◽  
Risto Kaaja ◽  
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Background: Pre-pregnancy obesity, excess gestational weight gain (GWG), and gestational diabetes (GDM) increase fetal growth. Our aim was to assess whether normal GWG is associated with lower risk for a large-for-gestational-age (LGA; over the 90th percentile of birth weight for sex and gestational age) infant and lower birth weight standard deviation (SD) score in the presence of GDM and maternal obesity.Methods: This multicenter case-control study is part of the Finnish Gestational Diabetes (FinnGeDi) Study and includes singleton pregnancies of 1,055 women with GDM and 1,032 non-diabetic controls. Women were divided into 12 subgroups according to their GDM status, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), and GWG. Non-diabetic women with normal BMI and normal GWG (according to Institute of Medicine recommendations) served as a reference group.Results: The prevalence of LGA birth was 12.2% among women with GDM and 6.2% among non-diabetic women (p &lt; 0.001). Among all women, normal GWG was associated with lower odds of LGA [odds ratio (OR) 0.57, 95% CI: 0.41–0.78]. Among women with both obesity and GDM, the odds for giving birth to a LGA infant was 2.25-fold (95% CI: 1.04–4.85) among those with normal GWG and 7.63-fold (95% CI: 4.25–13.7) among those with excess GWG compared with the reference group. Compared with excess GWG, normal GWG was associated with 0.71 SD (95% CI: 0.47–0.97) lower birth weight SD score among women with GDM and obesity. Newborns of normal weight women with GDM and normal GWG had 0.28 SD (95% CI: 0.05–0.51) lower birth weight SD scores compared with their counterparts with excess GWG. In addition, in the group of normal weight non-diabetic women, normal GWG was associated with 0.46 SD (95% CI: 0.30–0.61) lower birth weight SD scores compared with excess GWG.Conclusion: GDM, obesity, and excess GWG are associated with higher risk for LGA infants. Interventions aiming at normal GWG have the potential to lower LGA rate and birth weight SD scores even when GDM and obesity are present.



Author(s):  
Annie M. Dude ◽  
William Grobman ◽  
David Haas ◽  
Brian M. Mercer ◽  
Samuel Parry ◽  
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Abstract Objective To determine the association between total gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes. Study Design Data from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-To-Be (NuMoM2b) study were used. Total gestational weight gain was categorized as inadequate, adequate, or excessive based on the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. Outcomes examined included hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, mode of delivery, shoulder dystocia, large for gestational age or small for-gestational age birth weight, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. Results Among 8,628 women, 1,666 (19.3%) had inadequate, 2,945 (34.1%) had adequate, and 4,017 (46.6%) had excessive gestational weight gain. Excessive gestational weight gain was associated with higher odds of hypertensive disorders (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.05, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.78–2.36) Cesarean delivery (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.09–1.41), and large for gestational age birth weight (aOR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.23–1.80), but lower odds of small for gestational age birth weight (aOR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.50–0.71). Conversely, inadequate gestational weight gain was associated with lower odds of hypertensive disorders (aOR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.62–0.92), Cesarean delivery (aOR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.65–0.92), and a large for gestational age birth weight (aOR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.55–0.94), but higher odds of having a small for gestational age birth weight (aOR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.37–1.96). Conclusion Both excessive and inadequate gestational weight gain are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.



2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 3904
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Cosson ◽  
Sid Ahmed Bentounes ◽  
Charlotte Nachetergaele ◽  
Narimane Berkane ◽  
Sara Pinto ◽  
...  

We aimed to compare pregnancy outcomes in 4665 women according to the following types of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy sub-types: (i) normoglycaemia, (ii) gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), (iii) diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), (iv) early-diagnosed (i.e., <22 weeks of gestation) GDM (eGDM), and (v) early-diagnosed DIP (eDIP). The prevalence of normoglycaemia, eGDM, eDIP, GDM, and DIP was 76.4%, 10.8%, 0.6%, 11.7%, and 0.6%, respectively. With regard to pregnancy outcomes, gestational weight gain (11.5 ± 5.5, 9.0 ± 5.4, 8.3 ± 4.7, 10.4 ± 5.3, and 10.1 ± 5.0 kg, p < 0.0001) and insulin requirement (none, 46.0%, 88.5%, 25.5%, and 51.7%; p < 0.001) differed according to the glycaemic sub-types. eGDM and eDIP were associated with higher rates of infant malformation. After adjustment for confounders, with normoglycaemia as the reference, only GDM was associated with large-for-gestational-age infant (odds ratio 1.34 (95% interval confidence 1.01–1.78) and only DIP was associated with hypertensive disorders (OR 3.48 (1.26–9.57)). To conclude, early-diagnosed hyperglycaemia was associated with an increased risk of malformation, suggesting that it was sometimes present at conception. Women with GDM, but not those with eGDM, had an increased risk of having a large-for-gestational-age infant, possibly because those with eGDM were treated early and therefore had less gestational weight gain. Women with DIP might benefit from specific surveillance for hypertensive disorders.





2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kambiz Ahmadi Angali ◽  
Maryam Azhdari ◽  
Maria Cheraghi ◽  
parvin shahri ◽  
shokrolah salmanzadeh ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Maternal body mass index and maternal gestational weight gain can have positive effects on birth and maternal outcomes. We aimed to identify the effect of pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain on birth outcomes.Methods: Data of this retrospective cohort study were extracted using the 1457 out of 1800 pair health records belonged to the pregnant mother and infant at Ahvaz health care centers, from 2010 to 2018.Result: The 3.18-fold increased risk for large for gestational age in overweight mothers, and a 2.9 fold increased risk for small for gestational age in those mothers with gestational weight gain below the guidelines. An increased risk of large for gestational age, low birth weight, and macrosomia were observed in overweight mothers with gestational weight gain out of the guidelines. The increased association was found between the maternal pre-body mass index and fasting blood sugar (p = 0.0001). Hence, hyperglycemia is related to a 3.58-fold incidence of macrosomia. Conclusion: Therefore, conducting more educational programs of lifestyle intervention with respect to reproductive health care is required for all women in childbearing age (before and during pregnancy), with the purpose of reducing the adverse pregnancy outcome.



2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1137-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianyue Xu ◽  
Zhijuan Ge ◽  
Jun Hu ◽  
Shanmei Shen ◽  
Yan Bi ◽  
...  

Objective: To explore the association of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) targets and adverse perinatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) pregnancies, and whether a modified target might be related to a lower rate of adverse perinatal outcomes for GDM. Methods: This retrospective cohort study involved 1,138 women of normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and 1,200 women with GDM. Based on the IOM target, pregnancies were classified to appropriate GWG (aGWG), inadequate GWG, and excessive GWG (eGWG). Modified GWG targets included: upper limit of IOM target minus 1 kg (IOM-1) or 2 kg (IOM-2), both upper and lower targets minus 1 kg (IOM-1-1) or 2 kg (IOM-2-2). Results: The proportions of women achieving eGWG were 26.3% in NGT and 31.2% in GDM ( P = .036); in comparison, for aGWG NGT, the risks of large for gestational age (LGA) were significantly higher in eGWG NGT (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.47; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02 to 2.13), aGWG GDM (adjusted OR 1.42; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.95), and eGWG GDM (adjusted OR 2.70; 95% CI 1.92 to 3.70). GDM pregnancies gaining aGWG based on the modified GWG targets (IOM-2, IOM-1-1, and IOM-2-2) had a lower prevalence of LGA and macrosomia delivery than that for similar pregnancies using the original IOM target (all P<.05). Conclusion: For aGWG GDM according to the IOM target, adhering to a more stringent weight control was associated with decreased adverse outcomes. A tighter IOM target might help to reduce the prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Abbreviations: aGWG = appropriate gestational weight gain; BG = blood glucose; BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; eGWG = excessive gestational weight gain; GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus; GW = gestational weeks; GWG = gestational weight gain; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; iGWG = inadequate gestational weight gain; IOM = Institute of Medicine; LGA = large for gestational age; NGT = normal glucose tolerance; NICU = neonatal intensive care unit; OGTT = oral glucose tolerance test; OR = odds ratio; PARp = partial population attributable risks; SGA = small for gestational age



2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. e145-e150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Siegel ◽  
Alan Tita ◽  
Hannah Machemehl ◽  
Joseph Biggio ◽  
Lorie Harper

Objective To assess the impact of gestational weight gain (GWG) outside the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by chronic hypertension (HTN). Methods The study consisted of a retrospective cohort of all singletons with HTN from 2000 to 2014. Maternal outcomes examined were superimposed preeclampsia and cesarean delivery. Neonatal outcomes were small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA), and preterm birth (PTB). Groups were compared using analysis of variance and chi-squared test for trend. Backward stepwise logistic regression was adjusted for confounding factors. Results Of 702 subjects, 106 (15.1%) gained within, 176 (25.0%) gained less, and 420 (59.8%) gained more weight than the IOM recommendations. After adjusting for confounders, GWG above IOM recommendations remained associated with LGA (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.53, confidence interval [CI] 95%:1.29–4.95). Weight gain less than recommended was associated with a decreased risk of superimposed preeclampsia (AOR: 0.49, CI 95%: 0.26–0.93) without increasing the risk of SGA (AOR: 1.03, CI 95%: 0.57–1.86). Conclusion Women with pregnancies complicated by chronic HTN should be counseled regarding the association of LGA with excessive GWG. Additionally, they should be counseled that weight gain below recommendations may be associated with a decreased risk of superimposed preeclampsia; however, this association deserves further investigation.



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