Pre-pregnancy weight, the rate of gestational weight gain, and the risk of early gestational diabetes mellitus among women registered in a tertiary care hospital in India

• Main Authors: Swapna Deshpande (Author), Tarja I. Kinnunen (Author), Anuradha Khadilkar (Author), Jyothi Unni (Author), Vandana Khanijo (Author), Namrata Donga (Author), Sangita Kulathinal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The impact of pre-pregnancy weight and the rate of gestational weight gain (GWG) together on the risk of early GDM (< 24 weeks gestation; eGDM) has not been studied in the Indian context. We aimed to study the influence of (1) pre-pregnancy weight on the risk of eGDM diagnosed...