Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior during pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus among Asian women in Singapore

• Main Authors: Natarajan Padmapriya (Author), Jonathan Y. Bernard (Author), Shen Liang (Author), See Ling Loy (Author), Shirong Cai (Author), Iris Shen Zhe (Author), Kenneth Kwek (Author), Keith M. Godfrey (Author), Peter D. Gluckman (Author), Seang Mei Saw (Author), Yap-Seng Chong (Author), Jerry Kok Yen Chan (Author), Falk Müller-Riemenschneider (Author), on behalf of the GUSTO Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Few studies have investigated physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in relation to fasting (FG) and 2-h postprandial plasma glucose (2hPG) levels and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); we investigated these associations among Asian pregnant women. Methods As part o...