Association Between Dietary Patterns and Infant Birth Weight in Brazilian Pregnancy Women with Gestational Diabetes: a Cross-sectional Study

Overview

Journal Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2024 Oct 9

PMID 39380591

Authors

Luciana da Cunha Bernardes Argenta

Nadya Helena Alves Dos Santos

Claudia Saunders

Joana Dias da Costa

Leticia Victoria Souza da Cunha

Pamela Melo Krok Fedeszen

Patricia de Carvalho Padilha

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the association between the dietary patterns (DPs) of pregnant women with GDM (gestational diabetes ) and the birth weight (BW) of the infants.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 187 adult pregnant women with GDM attended at a maternity in Rio de Janeiro from 2011 to 2014. Dietary intake was assessed in the third trimester using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The outcomes were BW and weight adequacy for gestational age (GA). Reduced Rank Regression (RRR) was used to explain the following response variables: density of carbohydrates, fibres, and saturated fatty acids. Statistical analyzes included multinomial logistic regression models.

Results: The mean BW was 3261.9 (± 424.5) g. Three DPs were identified, with DP 3 (high consumption of refined carbohydrates, fast foods/snacks, whole milk, sugars/sweets, and soft drinks and low consumption of beans, vegetables, and low-fat milk and derivatives) being the main pattern, explaining 48.37% of the response variables. In the multinomial logistic regression analysis no statistically significant association was found between the tertiles of DPs and BW or the adequacy of weight for GA, even after adjustments of confounding covariates.

Conclusion: No significant associations were found between maternal DPs in the third trimester of pregnancy and infant BW or adequacy of weight for GA.

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