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Gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes among Emirati and Arab women in the United Arab Emirates: results from the MISC cohort

Hashim M 1 , Radwan H 1 , Hasan H 1 , Obaid RS 1 , Al Ghazal H 2 , Al Hilali M 3 Show all authors , Rayess R 1 , Chehayber N 1 , Mohamed HJJ 4 , Naja F 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • 2 Family Health Promotion Center, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • 3 Al Qassimi Hospital, Ministry of Health and Prevention, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • 4 Nutrition and Dietetics Program, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. fn14@aub.edu.lb
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2019 Dec 03;19(1):463.
PMID: 31795984 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2621-z

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nutritional status of women during pregnancy has been considered an important prognostic indicator of pregnancy outcomes.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the pattern of gestational weight gain (GWG) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their risk factors among a cohort of Emirati and Arab women residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A secondary objective was to investigate pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and its socio-demographic correlates among study participants.

METHODS: Data of 256 pregnant women participating in the cohort study, the Mother-Infant Study Cohort (MISC) were used in this study. Healthy pregnant mothers with no history of chronic diseases were interviewed during their third trimester in different hospitals in UAE. Data were collected using interviewer-administered multi-component questionnaires addressing maternal sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics. Maternal weight, weight gain, and GDM were recorded from the hospital medical records.

RESULTS: Among the study participants, 71.1% had inadequate GWG: 31.6% insufficient and 39.5% excessive GWG. 19.1% reported having GDM and more than half of the participants (59.4%) had a pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. The findings of the multiple multinomial logistic regression showed that multiparous women had decreased odds of excessive gain as compared to primiparous [odds ratio (OR): 0.17; 95% CI: 0.05-0.54]. Furthermore, women with a pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 had increased odds of excessive gain (OR: 2.23; 95%CI: 1.00-5.10) as compared to those with pre-pregnancy BMI 

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