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Obesity, Diabetes, and Birth Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

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Obesity, Diabetes, and Birth Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Maternal and Child Health Journal, July 2016
DOI 10.1007/s10995-016-2080-3
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Kermyt G. Anderson, Paul Spicer, Michael T. Peercy

Abstract

Objectives To examine the relationships between prepregnancy diabetes mellitus (DM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and prepregnancy body mass index, with several adverse birth outcomes: preterm delivery (PTB), low birthweight (LBW), and macrosomia, comparing American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) with other race/ethnic groups. Methods The sample includes 5,193,386 singleton US first births from 2009-2013. Logistic regression is used to calculate adjusted odds ratios controlling for calendar year, maternal age, education, marital status, Kotelchuck prenatal care index, and child's sex. Results AI/AN have higher rates of diabetes than all other groups, and higher rates of overweight and obesity than whites or Hispanics. Neither overweight nor obesity predict PTB for AI/AN, in contrast to other groups, while diabetes predicts increased odds of PTB for all groups. Being overweight predicts reduced odds of LBW for all groups, but obesity is not predictive of LBW for AI/AN. Diabetes status also does not predict LBW for AI/AN; for other groups, LBW is more likely for women with DM or GDM. Overweight, obesity, DM, and GDM all predict higher odds of macrosomia for all race/ethnic groups. Conclusions for Practice Controlling diabetes in pregnancy, as well as prepregnancy weight gain, may help decrease preterm birth and macrosomia among AI/AN.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 112 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 14 13%
Student > Master 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Researcher 6 5%
Other 21 19%
Unknown 40 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 13%
Psychology 5 4%
Social Sciences 5 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 43 38%
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