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Hummelen R, Sodhi S, Poirier J, Gordon J, Asokan S, Matsumoto CL, Kelly L. Progression From Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among First Nations Women in Northwest Ontario: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Can J Diabetes 2023; 47:566-570. [PMID: 37196981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Our aim in this study was to identify the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among First Nations women in northwest Ontario with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS This work was a retrospective cohort study of women diagnosed with GDM using a 50-gram oral glucose challenge test or a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2017, at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. Outcomes were assessed based on glycated hemoglobin (A1C) measurements performed between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2019. RESULTS The cumulative incidence of T2DM among women with a history of GDM was 18% (42 of 237) at 2 years and 39% (76 of 194) at 6 years. Women with GDM who developed T2DM were of similar age and parity and had equivalent C-section rates (26%) compared to those who did not develop T2DM. They had higher birth weights (3,866 grams vs 3,600 grams, p=0.006) and rates of treatment with insulin (24% vs 5%, p<0.001) and metformin (16% vs 5%, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS GDM confers a significant risk for the development of T2DM in First Nations women. Broad community-based resources, food security, and social programming are required.
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- Ruben Hummelen
- Division of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Northern Ontario School of Medicine Local Education Group, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Northern Ontario School of Medicine Local Education Group, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada.
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Dyck RF, Pahwa P, Karunanayake C, Osgood ND. The Contribution of Gestational Diabetes to Diabetes Risk Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project. Can J Diabetes 2023; 47:509-518. [PMID: 37150508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Our aim in this study was to determine the risk for diabetes mellitus (DM) among Saskatchewan First Nations (FN) and non-FN women with prior gestational DM (GDM). METHODS Using Ministry of Health administrative databases, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of DM risk by GDM occurrence among FN and non-FN women giving birth from 1980 to 2009 and followed to March 31, 2013. We determined frequencies and odds ratios (ORs) of DM in women with/without prior GDM after stratifying by FN status, while adjusting for other DM determinants. Survival curves of women until DM diagnosis were obtained by prior GDM occurrence and stratified by ethnicity and total parity. RESULTS De-identified data were obtained for 202,588 women. Of those who developed DM, 2,074 of 10,114 (20.5%) had previously experienced GDM (811 of 3,128 [25.9%]) FN and 1,263 of 6,986 [18.1%] non-FN). Cumulative survival of women with prior GDM until DM was higher for FN than for non-FN women (82% vs 46%), but prior GDM was a stronger predictor of DM within the non-FN cohort (prior GDM vs no GDM: OR, 9.64 for non-FN; OR, 7.05 for FN). Finally, higher total parity interacted with prior GDM to increase DM risk in both groups. With prior GDM and parity ≥3, 93% of FN and 57% of non-FN women subsequently developed DM. CONCLUSIONS GDM is a leading determinant of T2DM among FN and non-FN women, amplified by higher parity. This contributes to earlier onset diabetes, affecting subsequent pregnancies and increasing risk for chronic diabetic complications. It may also factor into higher type 2 DM rates observed in FN women compared with men.
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- Roland F Dyck
- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Dietary Intake Patterns and Lifestyle Behaviors of Pregnant Women Living in a Manitoba First Nations Community: Implications for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14153233. [PMID: 35956409 PMCID: PMC9370556 DOI: 10.3390/nu14153233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The information on the nutrition status of women at-risk of carrying a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is scarce, particularly in the First Nations population living on reserve. This study examined and compared nutrition status, dietary intake, and lifestyle patterns of pregnant at-risk, defined as those who consume alcoholic drink during the current pregnancy, and non-at-risk women living in northern Manitoban community. Thirty-seven pregnant, First Nations women (at-risk n = 15; non-at-risk, n = 22) were recruited to participate in the study. A questionnaire, presented in paper and iPad formats, collected information on participants’ demographics, dietary intake, lifestyle, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal health. A food frequency questionnaire and 24-h recall were used to determine nutrient intake. Nutrient values were assessed using Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI). At-risk and non-at-risk women were below the Canada Food Guide serving size recommended for Vegetable and Fruit, Grain, and Milk Products with 93%, 92%, and 93% of participants not meeting the recommendations, respectively. Women met the recommendations for vitamins A, B1, B12, C, niacin, choline, as well as calcium, and zinc. Sixty eight percentage (%) of participants did not meet the recommendations for folate and iron, and 97% for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Significant differences were observed between non-at-risk and at-risk women for mean % DRI intakes of vitamin C (313 ± 224 vs. 172 ± 81 mg/day), niacin (281 ± 123 vs. 198 ± 80 mg/day), folate (70 ± 38 vs. 10 ± 22 mcg/day), and iron (101 ± 74 vs. 74 ± 30 mg/day). The findings of this study lay a fundamental premise for the development of community nutrition programs, nutrition education, and nutrition intervention, such as community specific prenatal supplementation. These will assist in ensuring adequate maternal nutrient intake and benefit families and communities in Northern Manitoba with and without alcohol insult.
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Elamurugan K, Esmaeilisaraji L, Strain J, Ziraldo H, Root A, MacDonald H, Meekis C, Hummelen R, Ysseldyk R. Social Inequities Contributing to Gestational Diabetes in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Scoping Review. Can J Diabetes 2022; 46:628-639.e1. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gupta S, Gupta A, Swarnakar CP, Rathore M, Beniwal R, Meena K, Simlot A, Gupta N. The Early Sonographic Prediction of Gestational Diabetes in Women From India. JOURNAL OF DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/87564793211029882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to look for the earliest, cost -effective method that can be added to the routine antenatal screening for identifying patients who might develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a proactive manner, as opposed to the current reactive approach of screening and treating GDM, during the second trimester of pregnancy. Materials and Methods: 190 singleton pregnant women in the age group 18-35 years were selected for the study. On these women two step assessment was done. The current project was carried out to utilize sonography as an early, cost-effective method which could be added to routine antenatal screening for identifying patients, at risk for developing GDM. Results: Body mass index was found to have a significant association in those patients with GDM with a P < .001. There was a significant association between subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) depth and occurrence of GDM, with a P-value of <.001. Also, in the present study, the occurrence of GDM significantly increased with a rise in visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and there was a significant association between the two, with P < .001. It was noted that there were greater incidences of GDM as VAT depth increased. The existence of GDM greatly increased with a rise in total abdominal tissue (TAT), and there was a significant association between the two, with P < .001 Conclusion: The sonographic measurement of SAT, VAT, and TAT, could be potential marker to identify probable events for the development of GDM, among Asian Indian women who tend to have T2DM, due to differential distribution of fat.
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- Shivani Gupta
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belagavi, India
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- Department of Radiology, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College & Attached Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Research and Development Cell, IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur, India
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Mackenzie ML, Yuan Y, Shen Y, Toth EL, Bell RC, Oster RT. Pregnancy and development of diabetes in First Nations and non-First Nations women in Alberta, Canada. Diabet Med 2021; 38:e14372. [PMID: 32745272 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIM To conduct a retrospective population-based study to examine the risk of developing diabetes after delivery in First Nations and non-First Nations women in Alberta. METHODS Delivery records (1999-2014) were linked to provincial administrative data, which allowed for a maximum follow-up of 16 years after delivery. Prevalence of pregnancy risk factors were compared by First Nations status. Hazard ratios for diabetes after delivery by First Nations status, high pre-pregnancy body weight (≥91 kg) and gestational diabetes status were estimated using the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS Age-adjusted prevalence of gestational diabetes (7.9% vs 4.6%; P<0.0001), high pre-pregnancy body weight (18.8% vs 10.2%; P<0.0001) and diabetes after delivery (3.9% vs 1.1%; P<0.0001) were higher in First Nations women than in non-First Nations women. Development of diabetes after delivery was higher with First Nations status (hazard ratio 3.0, 95% CI 2.6-3.4), high pre-pregnancy body weight (hazard ratio 3.6, 95% CI 3.3-4.0) and gestational diabetes status (hazard ratio 19.2, 95% CI 17.9-20.6). The highest risk was within First Nations women with high pre-pregnancy body weight and gestational diabetes (hazard ratio 54.8, 95% CI 45.2-66.5) compared to women without these three risk factors. Reduced prenatal visits per pregnancy (8.4 vs 10.7; P<0.0001) and delayed first prenatal visit (time to delivery 23.7 vs 26.7 weeks; P<0.0001) were observed in First Nations women compared to non-First Nations women. CONCLUSION First Nations women are at greater risk of developing diabetes after pregnancy, with gestational diabetes being the strongest predictor. Strategies that target the specific needs of First Nations women before, during and after pregnancy are required.
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- M L Mackenzie
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Mishra S, Shetty A, Rao CR, Nayak S, Kamath A. Risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective case-control study from coastal Karnataka. CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2020.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Dyck RF, Karunanayake C, Pahwa P, Stang M, Osgood ND. Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan, 1980‒2013. Part 2: Predictors and Early Complications; Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project. Can J Diabetes 2020; 44:605-614. [PMID: 32033918 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Because of disparities in incidence of diabetes in pregnancy (DIP) among First Nations (FN) and non-First Nations (non-FN) women in Saskatchewan, we compared predictors and early maternal/child complication rates of gestational diabetes (GDM) and pre-GDM between the 2 populations from 1980 to 2013. METHODS Using Ministry of Health administrative databases, we examined overall GDM and pre-GDM predictors among a cohort of FN and non-FN women using logistic regression models. We compared early birth complications by ethnicity and DIP status using chi-square analysis. RESULTS Deidentified data were obtained for 69,176 FN and 344,410 non-FN pregnancies. Important GDM and pre-GDM predictors for FN and non-FN pregnancies were increasing maternal age, a previous high birthweight (HBW) or stillborn infant, and, most importantly, previous maternal GDM. Both GDM and pre-GDM were over 2.3-fold as likely to occur among FN in multivariable analysis. FN and non-FN pregnancies with GDM and pre-GDM had higher rates of prematurity, shoulder dystocia, caesarean section, HBW and stillborn and infant death than those with no DIP. The largest rate disparities between FN and non-FN with DIP occurred with stillborn, HBW and shoulder dystocia. CONCLUSIONS Along with previously recognized predictors of GDM and pre-GDM, FN ethnicity was an independent determinant of DIP in Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2013. Early mother/child birth complications were increased in both FN and non-FN with DIP, but more so in FN. Effective DIP prevention strategies, and improvements in preconception, prenatal and perinatal care, are required to remove ethnicity-based disparities in DIP rates and outcomes.
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- Roland F Dyck
- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Outcomes of Pregnancies Affected by Gestational Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in a Rural First Nations Obstetrical Program in Northwest Ontario. Can J Diabetes 2020; 44:624-627. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dyck RF, Karunanayake C, Pahwa P, Stang M, Osgood ND. Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan, 1980‒2013. Part 1: Populations, Methodology and Frequencies (1980‒2009); Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project. Can J Diabetes 2020; 44:597-604. [PMID: 31987766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Because of the immediate and long-term consequences of diabetes in pregnancy (DIP) for mother and child, we compared frequencies of gestational diabetes (GDM) and pre-GDM between First Nations (FN) and non-FN people in Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2009. METHODS Using Ministry of Health administrative databases, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of GDM and pre-GDM rates within all FN and non-FN pregnancies in Saskatchewan. Annual crude and 10-year age-adjusted incidence of GDM and pre-GDM were determined as were maternal age-specific rates of DIP. RESULTS De-identified data were obtained for 69,176 FN and 344,410 non-FN pregnancies. The crude annual incidence of GDM rose from 1.0% to 6.6% among FN and from 0.4% to 3.6% among non-FN between 1980 and 2009. The crude annual incidence of pre-GDM rose from 0.7% to 2.0% among FN and from 0.4% to 0.9% among non-FN over the same period. The 10-year age-standardized incidence of GDM increased from 3.53% in 1980-1989 to 8.37% in 2000-2009 for FN, and from 1.55% to 3.13% for non-FN. For pre-GDM, the corresponding increases were from 1.65% to 3.26% for FN and from 0.5% to 0.91% for non-FN. Both GDM and pre-GDM rates increased with increasing maternal age, reaching 10.9% and 8.0% of FN pregnancies, and 7.7% and 1.1% of non-FN pregnancies, respectively, for mothers >40 years old. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of pregnancies complicated by DIP increased steadily among FN and non-FN women in Saskatchewan in 1980‒2009, but the incidence of GDM and pre-GDM is 2- to 3-fold higher among FN.
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- Roland F Dyck
- Department of Medicine (Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- Department of Medicine (Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Voaklander B, Rowe S, Sanni O, Campbell S, Eurich D, Ospina MB. Prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy among Indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA: a systematic review and meta-analysis. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH 2020; 8:e681-e698. [DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30046-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Poirier J, Kattini R, Kelly L, Madden S, Voth B, Dooley J, Marazan B, Hummelen R. Screening for gestational diabetes in pregnancy in Northwestern Ontario. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL MEDICINE 2020; 25:61-66. [PMID: 32235107 DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_51_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Introduction We estimate the screening and prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a primarily first nations obstetrical population in Northwestern Ontario. Methods The study is an 8-year retrospective analysis of all gestational glucose challenge and tolerance tests performed at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) laboratory from 1 January, 2010 to 31 December, 2017. Test, gestational timing and completion rate of screening were recorded, and GDM prevalence was calculated on the tested population. Screening completion rates were recorded for the subset of women who delivered at SLMHC from 2014 to 2017. Results The average annual GDM prevalence was 12%, double the Ontario rate. Over the 8-year period, 513 patients were diagnosed with GDM among the 4298 patients screened. Patients were screened with the 2-step (90%) or the 1-step (10%) protocol. Screening occurred <20 weeks in 3%; 54% occurred in <28 weeks and 40% >28 weeks. Seventy percent of the tests were from remote nursing stations. The screening completion rate for women delivering at SLMHC in 2017 was 80.8%. Conclusion The prevalence of GDM in Northwestern Ontario is twice the provincial rate. Most screening used the 2-step protocol; early screening was underused. Improvements in screening programming are underway and future research may match surveillance rates and results to GDM outcomes.
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- Jenna Poirier
- Sioux Lookout Local Education Group, Sioux Lookout, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Local Education Group, Sioux Lookout, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Sioux Lookout, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada
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- Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Sioux Lookout, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada
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Maple-Brown L, Lee IL, Longmore D, Barzi F, Connors C, Boyle JA, Moore E, Whitbread C, Kirkwood M, Graham S, Hampton V, Simmonds A, Van Dokkum P, Kelaart J, Thomas S, Chitturi S, Eades S, Corpus S, Lynch M, Lu ZX, O'Dea K, Zimmet P, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Brown ADH, Shaw JE. Pregnancy And Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia: the PANDORA study-an observational birth cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2020; 48:307-318. [PMID: 30508095 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In Australia's Northern Territory, 33% of babies are born to Indigenous mothers, who experience high rates of hyperglycemia in pregnancy. We aimed to determine the extent to which pregnancy outcomes for Indigenous Australian women are explained by relative frequencies of diabetes type [type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and gestational diabetes (GDM)]. METHODS This prospective birth cohort study examined participants recruited from a hyperglycemia in pregnancy register. Baseline data collected were antenatal and perinatal clinical information, cord blood and neonatal anthropometry. Of 1135 women (48% Indigenous), 900 had diabetes: 175 T2DM, 86 newly diagnosed diabetes in pregnancy (DIP) and 639 had GDM. A group of 235 women without hyperglycemia in pregnancy was also recruited. RESULTS Diabetes type differed for Indigenous and non-Indigenous women (T2DM, 36 vs 5%; DIP, 15 vs 7%; GDM, 49 vs 88%, p < 0.001). Within each diabetes type, Indigenous women were younger and had higher smoking rates. Among women with GDM/DIP, Indigenous women demonstrated poorer birth outcomes than non-Indigenous women: large for gestational age, 19 vs 11%, p = 0·002; neonatal fat 11.3 vs 10.2%, p < 0.001. In the full cohort, on multivariate regression, T2DM and DIP were independently associated (and Indigenous ethnicity was not) with pregnancy outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Higher rates of T2DM among Indigenous women predominantly contribute to absolute poorer pregnancy outcomes among Indigenous women with hyperglycemia. As with Indigenous and minority populations globally, prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes in younger women is vital to improve pregnancy outcomes and possibly to improve the long-term health of their offspring.
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- Louise Maple-Brown
- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.,Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Remote Primary Health Care, Top End Health Services, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.,Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Public Health Unit, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.,Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Aboriginal Health Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
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- Aboriginal Health Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
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- Division of Maternal and Child Health, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Clinical and Population Health, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Services, Danila Dilba Health Service, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Pathology Network, Top End Health and Hospital Services, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Biochemistry Department, Melbourne Pathology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.,School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Mater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Clinical and Population Health, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Wood A, MacKay D, Fitzsimmons D, Derkenne R, Kirkham R, Boyle JA, Connors C, Whitbread C, Welsh A, Brown A, Shaw JE, Maple-Brown L. Primary Health Care for Aboriginal Australian Women in Remote Communities after a Pregnancy with Hyperglycaemia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17030720. [PMID: 31979123 PMCID: PMC7037226 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17030720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Background: Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy contributes to adverse outcomes for women and their children. The postpartum period is an opportune time to support women to reduce cardiometabolic and diabetes risk in subsequent pregnancies. Aims: To identify strengths and gaps in current care for Aboriginal women after a pregnancy complicated by hyperglycaemia. Methods: A retrospective review of the 12 month postpartum care provided by primary health centres in remote Australia in 2013–2014 identified 195 women who experienced hyperglycaemia in pregnancy (gestational diabetes (GDM) (n = 147), type 2 diabetes (T2D) (n = 39), and unclear diabetes status (n = 9)). Results: Only 80 women (54%) with GDM had postpartum glycaemic checks. Of these, 32 women were diagnosed with prediabetes (n = 24) or diabetes (n = 8). Compared to women with GDM, women with T2D were more likely to have their weight measured (75% vs. 52%, p <0.01), and smoking status documented as “discussed” (65% vs. 34%, p < 0.01). Most women (97%) accessed the health centre at least once in the 12 month postpartum period but, during these visits, only 52% of women had service provision, either structured or opportunistic, related to diabetes. Conclusion: High rates of dysglycaemia among women screened for T2D after GDM in the 12 month postpartum period highlight the need for increased screening and early intervention to prevent the development of T2D and its complications. Whilst a clear strength was high postpartum attendance, many women did not attend health services for diabetes screening or management.
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- Anna Wood
- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
- Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
- Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia
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- Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, NT 8000, Australia
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- Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, NT 8000, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
- Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
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- Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, NT 8000, Australia
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- South Australia Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Aboriginal Health Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia;
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (A.W.)
- Endocrinology Department, Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia
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Read SH, Wu W, Ray JG, Lowe J, Feig DS, Lipscombe LL. Characteristics of Women With Gestational Diabetes From Non-Caucasian Compared With Caucasian Ethnic Groups. Can J Diabetes 2019; 43:600-605. [PMID: 31679964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Short- and long-term outcomes in women after gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) vary by ethnicity. Understanding differences in baseline diabetes risk factors is important for informing choice of risk-reducing interventions. We aimed to compare maternal and pregnancy-related characteristics in Caucasian and non-Caucasian women with GDM. METHODS Using a large multicentre Canadian cohort of women diagnosed with GDM and recruited between 2009 and 2013, we compared demographic, clinical and behavioural characteristics in women with GDM across 7 ethnic groups. Data were obtained from chart reviews and surveys, and logistic and linear regression models were used to compare binary and continuous variables, respectively, between Caucasian and non-Caucasian ethnic groups. RESULTS Of the 1,332 women with GDM, 911 were eligible for inclusion. Of these, 41.4% were white Caucasian, 17.1% were South Asian, 18.4% were East Asian, 5.8% were black, 8.8% were Filipina, 5.2% were Middle Eastern and 3.3% were Hispanic. Non-Caucasian women were diagnosed with GDM at a younger age and were more likely to have a family history of diabetes compared with Caucasian women. With the exception of East Asians, non-Caucasian women were more likely to be overweight using ethnicity-specific body mass index cutoffs and have higher oral glucose tolerance test values than Caucasian women. Prepregnancy smoking and alcohol consumption prevalence were highest in Caucasian women. CONCLUSIONS Several important ethnicity-specific differences in clinical and behavioural characteristics of women with GDM were identified. These differences need to be considered when offering interventions for reducing risk of adverse perinatal outcomes and subsequent type 2 diabetes.
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- Stephanie H Read
- Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shivappa N, Hébert JR, Akhoundan M, Mirmiran P, Rashidkhani B. Association between inflammatory potential of diet and odds of gestational diabetes mellitus among Iranian women. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019; 32:3552-3558. [PMID: 29661051 PMCID: PMC6424648 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1466275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Background: The possible relationship between diet-related inflammation and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) requires further investigation, especially in non-Western populations. We examined the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores and GDM in a case-control study conducted in Iran. Methods: This study included 122 GDM cases and 266 controls hospitalized for acute non-neoplastic diseases. Cases were pregnant women aged 18-40 years, who visited major general hospitals in different regions of Tehran. Pregnant women were screened for gestational diabetes between the 24th and 28th week of gestation with a 50-g, 1-hour glucose challenge test (GCT). Cases were diagnosed positive for GDM. Controls were pregnant women who had normal GCT test. DII scores were computed from dietary intake assessed by a previously validated 147-item food frequency questionnaire. Logistic regression models adjusted age, gestational age, energy, exercise, BMI, smoking exposure, family history of diabetes, and history of multivitamin intake were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Subjects with higher DII scores (i.e. indicating a more proinflammatory diet) had a higher odd of GDM with the DII being used as both a continuous (OR = 1.20; 95% CI = 0.94-1.54) and as categorical (ORtertile 3vs1 = 2.10; 95% CI = 1.02-4.34, p-trend = .03). Conclusions: These results indicate that a proinflammatory diet, as evidenced by higher DII scores, is associated with increased odds of GDM among Iranian women.
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- Nitin Shivappa
- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
- Connecting Health Innovations, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
- Connecting Health Innovations, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology, Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology, Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Kirkham R, Trap-Jensen N, Boyle JA, Barzi F, Barr ELM, Whitbread C, Van Dokkum P, Kirkwood M, Connors C, Moore E, Zimmet P, Corpus S, Hanley AJ, O'Dea K, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Brown A, Shaw JE, Maple-Brown L. Diabetes care in remote Australia: the antenatal, postpartum and inter-pregnancy period. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2019; 19:389. [PMID: 31660892 PMCID: PMC6819653 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2562-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience high rates of diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), contributing to health risks for mother and infant, and the intergenerational cycle of diabetes. By enhancing diabetes management during pregnancy, postpartum and the interval between pregnancies, the DIP Partnership aims to improve health outcomes and reduce risks early in the life-course. We describe a mixed methods formative study of health professional's perspectives of antenatal and post-partum diabetes screening and management, including enablers and barriers to care. METHODS Health professionals involved in providing diabetes care in pregnancy, from a range of health services across the Northern Territory, completed the survey (n = 82) and/or took part in interviews and/or focus groups (n = 62). RESULTS Qualitative findings highlighted factors influencing the delivery of care as reported by health professionals, including: whose responsibility it is, access to care, the baby is the focus and pre-conception care. The main challenges were related to: disjointed systems and confusion around whose role it is to provide follow-up care beyond six weeks post-partum. Quantitative findings indicated that the majority of health professionals reported confidence in their own skills to manage women in the antenatal period (62%, 40/79) and slightly lower rates of confidence in the postpartum interval (57%, 33/58). CONCLUSION These findings regarding whose role it is to provide postpartum care, along with opportunities to improve communication pathways and follow up care have informed the design of a complex health intervention to improve health systems and the provision of DIP related care.
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- R Kirkham
- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- Population Health Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia
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- Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Australia
- Population Health Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Alice Springs, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Australia
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- Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Danila Dilba Health Service, Darwin, Australia
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Mater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia
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- Population Health Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia
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Lawford KM, Bourgeault IL, Giles AR. “This policy sucks and it’s stupid:” Mapping maternity care for First Nations women on reserves in Manitoba, Canada. Health Care Women Int 2019; 40:1302-1335. [DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1639706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Karen M. Lawford
- School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Telfer School of Management and Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Batal M, Decelles S. A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada. J Obes 2019; 2019:9741090. [PMID: 31281674 PMCID: PMC6589240 DOI: 10.1155/2019/9741090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Indigenous populations in Canada are heavily affected by the burden of obesity, and certain communities, such as First Nations on reserve, are not included in the sampling framework of large national health surveys. A scoping review of ever published original research reporting obesity rates (body mass index ≥ 30), among adult Indigenous peoples in Canada, was conducted to identify studies that help close the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data gap for obesity prevalence in Indigenous populations in Canada and to make comparisons based on ethnicity, sex, time, and geography. First Nations on reserve with self-reported height and weight had higher rates of obesity (30%-51%) than First Nations off reserve (21%-42%) and non-Indigenous populations (12%-31%) in their respective province or territory, with the exception of Alberta, where rates in First Nations on reserve (30% and 36%) were lower or similar to those reported in First Nations off reserve (38%). First Nations on reserve with predominantly measured height and weight (42%-66%) had higher rates of obesity compared to Inuit in Quebec (28%), Nunavut (33%), and Newfoundland and Labrador (41%), while the rates were similar to those in Inuit in Northwest Territories (49%). Obesity in these large studies conducted among Inuit was based solely on measured height and weight. Studies in First Nations and Inuit alike showed higher prevalence of obesity in women, as well as an increase with time. No recent studies measured the obesity rates for First Nations in Yukon and Northwest Territories and for Métis living in settlements of Northern Alberta. Researchers are encouraged to conduct total diet studies in these regions, and to use existing data to analyze the associations between obesity, road access, latitude, food environment, and traditional food intake, to further inform community planning and development.
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- Malek Batal
- Nutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, 2405 Ch de la Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1A8
- WHO Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Development (TRANSNUT), Nutrition Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada H3T 1A8
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- WHO Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Development (TRANSNUT), Nutrition Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada H3T 1A8
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Chen L, Wang WJ, Auger N, Xiao L, Torrie J, McHugh NGL, Luo ZC. Diabetes in pregnancy in associations with perinatal and postneonatal mortality in First Nations and non-Indigenous populations in Quebec, Canada: population-based linked birth cohort study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025084. [PMID: 30992290 PMCID: PMC6500205 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Both pregestational and gestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM, GDM) occur more frequently in First Nations (North American Indians) pregnant women than their non-Indigenous counterparts in Canada. We assessed whether the impacts of PGDM and GDM on perinatal and postneonatal mortality may differ in First Nations versus non-Indigenous populations. DESIGN A population-based linked birth cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 17 090 First Nations and 217 760 non-Indigenous singleton births in 1996-2010, Quebec, Canada. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Relative risks (RR) of perinatal and postneonatal death. Perinatal deaths included stillbirths and neonatal (0-27 days of postnatal life) deaths; postneonatal deaths included infant deaths during 28-364 days of life. RESULTS PGDM and GDM occurred much more frequently in First Nations (3.9% and 10.7%, respectively) versus non-Indigenous (1.1% and 4.8%, respectively) pregnant women. PGDM was associated with an increased risk of perinatal death to a much greater extent in First Nations (RR=5.08[95% CI 2.99 to 8.62], p<0.001; absolute risk (AR)=21.6 [8.6-34.6] per 1000) than in non-Indigenous populations (RR=1.76[1.17, 2.66], p=0.003; AR=4.2[0.2, 8.1] per 1000). PGDM was associated with an increased risk of postneonatal death in non-Indigenous (RR=3.46[1.71, 6.99], p<0.001; AR=2.4[0.1, 4.8] per 1000) but not First Nations (RR=1.16[0.28, 4.77], p=0.35) infants. Adjusting for maternal and pregnancy characteristics, the associations were similar. GDM was not associated with perinatal or postneonatal death in both groups. CONCLUSIONS The study is the first to reveal that PGDM may increase the risk of perinatal death to a much greater extent in First Nations versus non-Indigenous populations, but may substantially increase the risk of postneonatal death in non-Indigenous infants only. The underlying causes are unclear and deserve further studies. We speculate that population differences in the quality of glycaemic control in diabetic pregnancies and/or genetic vulnerability to hyperglycaemia's fetal toxicity may be contributing factors.
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- Lu Chen
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Prosserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Epidemiology, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Public Health Department, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Mistissini, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Sector, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Service Commission, Wendake, Quebec, Canada
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Lotfi MH, Fallahzadeh H, Rahmanian M, Hosseinzadeh M, Lashkardoost H, Doaei S, Gholamalizadeh M, Hamedi A. Association of food groups intake and physical activity with gestational diabetes mellitus in Iranian women. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019; 33:3559-3564. [PMID: 30720376 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1579189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background: It is suggested that combining a healthy diet with physical activity during and before pregnancy have a significant effect on insulin sensitivity. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and diet before and during pregnancy with the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods: A case-control study was conducted on 173 women with GDM diagnosed during the pregnancy as the case group and 168 women with a negative test for GDM as controls. Weight and height were measured and BMI was calculated. Dietary intake and physical activity data during pregnancy were collected using 24-hour food recall questionnaire and international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ).Results: Body mass index and the intake of refined sugars, high fat dairy products, and fried foods were significantly higher and the intake of fruit and animal oil intake were significantly lower in the case group compared to the control group (All p < .05). However, there was not any significant association between the level of physical activity, vegetable intake, and total energy intake with the risk of GDM.Conclusions: According to the results of this study, dietary intake before and during the pregnancy have a critical effect on the risk of GDM. Appropriate dietary planning for pregnant women can reduce the risk of GDM.
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- Mohammad Hasan Lotfi
- School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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- Research Center of Health and Environment, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.,Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Shirvan Center of Higher Health Education, Imam Khomeini Hospital, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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Reid J, Anderson A, Cormack D, Reid P, Harwood M. The experience of gestational diabetes for indigenous Māori women living in rural New Zealand: qualitative research informing the development of decolonising interventions. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018; 18:478. [PMID: 30518341 PMCID: PMC6282285 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-2103-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Although early detection and management of excess rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among Indigenous women can substantially reduce maternal and offspring complications, current interventions seem ineffective for Indigenous women. While undertaking a qualitative study in a rural community in Northland, New Zealand about the complexities of living with diabetes, we observed a common emotional discourse about the burden of diabetic pregnancies. Given the significance of GDM and our commitment to give voice to Indigenous Māori women in ways that could potentially inform solutions, we aimed to explore the phenomenon of GDM among Māori women in a rural context marked by high area-deprivation. Method A qualitative and Kaupapa Māori methodology was utilised. A sub-sample of women (n = 10) from a broader study designed to improve type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who had experienced GDM or pre-existing diabetes during pregnancy and/or had been exposed to diabetes in utero were interviewed. Participants in the broader study were recruited via the local primary care clinic. Experiences of GDM, in relation to their current T2DM, was sought. Narrative data was analysed for themes. Results Intergenerational experiences informed perceptions that GDM was an inevitable heritable illness that “just runs in the family.” The cumulative effects of deprivation and living with GDM compounded the complexities of participant’ lives including perceptions of powerlessness and mental health deterioration. Missed opportunities for health services to detect and manage diabetes had ongoing health consequences for the women and their offspring. Positive relationships with healthcare providers facilitated management of GDM and helped women engage with self-management. Conclusion Māori women living with T2DM were clear that health providers had failed to intervene in ways that would have potentially slowed or prevented progression of GDM to T2DM. Participants revealed missed opportunities for appropriate diagnostic testing, treatment and health promotion programmes for GDM. Poor collaboration between health services and social services meant psychosocial issues were rarely addressed and the cycle of intergenerational poverty and disadvantage prevailed. These data highlight opportunities for extended case management to include whānau (family) engagement, input from social services, and evidence-based medicine and/or long-term management and prevention of T2DM. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-018-2103-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jennifer Reid
- c/- Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand.
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- c/- Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand
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- c/- Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand.,Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare, University of Otago, 23A Mein St, Newtown, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
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- c/- Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand
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- c/- Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, Glen Innes, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand.,National Hauora Coalition, Units 3-4, 485B Rosebank Rd, Avondale, Auckland, 1026, New Zealand
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Lawford KM, Giles AR, Bourgeault IL. Canada's evacuation policy for pregnant First Nations women: Resignation, resilience, and resistance. Women Birth 2018; 31:479-488. [PMID: 29439924 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aboriginal peoples in Canada are comprised of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. Health care services for First Nations who live on rural and remote reserves are mostly provided by the Government of Canada through the federal department, Health Canada. One Health Canada policy, the evacuation policy, requires all First Nations women living on rural and remote reserves to leave their communities between 36 and 38 weeks gestational age and travel to urban centres to await labour and birth. Although there are a few First Nations communities in Canada that have re-established community birthing and Aboriginal midwifery is growing, most First Nations communities are still reliant on the evacuation policy for labour and birthing services. In one Canadian province, Manitoba, First Nations women are evacuated to The Pas, Thompson, or Winnipeg but most - including all women with high-risk pregnancies - go to Winnipeg. AIM To contribute scholarship that describes First Nations women's and community members' experiences and perspectives of Health Canada's evacuation policy in Manitoba. METHODS Applying intersectional theory to data collected through 12 semi-structured interviews with seven women and five community members (four females, one male) in Manitoba who had experienced the evacuation policy. The data were analyzed thematically, which revealed three themes: resignation, resilience, and resistance. FINDINGS The theme of resignation was epitomized by the quote, "Nobody has a choice." The ability to withstand and endure the evacuation policy despite poor or absent communication and loneliness informed of resilience. Resistance was demonstrated by women who questioned the necessity and requirement of evacuation for labour and birth. In one instance, resistance took the form of a planned homebirth with Aboriginal registered midwives. CONCLUSION There is a pressing need to improve the maternity care services that First Nations women receive when they are evacuated out of their communities, particularly when understood from the specific legal and constitutional position of First Nations women in Manitoba.
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- Karen M Lawford
- School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Dunton Tower 1221, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 334 Montpetit Hall, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
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- Telfer School of Management and Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St. Room 227, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
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The hefty fetal phenotype hypothesis revisited: high birth weight, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes in a Saskatchewan cohort of First Nations and non-First Nations women. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2017; 10:48-54. [DOI: 10.1017/s2040174417000988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although low birth weight (LBW) increases the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), the relationship between high birth weight (HBW) and T2DM is less definitive and largely confined to North American Indigenous populations. We re-examined the relationship between LBW (<2500 g) and HBW (>4000 g) and both T2DM and gestational diabetes (GDM) among First Nations and non-First Nations women in Saskatchewan. We analyzed new data for female subjects from a 2001 case-control study that led to our hefty fetal phenotype hypothesis. Using survival analysis techniques and a validated algorithm for identifying diabetes in health care administrative data, we followed a 1950–1984 birth cohort of 2003 women until March 31, 2013. Cox regression analysis determined the time to occurrence of first episode of GDM and diagnosis of T2DM by birth weight and ethnicity. First Nations women with HBW demonstrated a greater risk for developing both T2DM [hazard ratios (HR) 1.568; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.188, 2.069] and GDM (HR 1.468; 95% CI 1.016, 2.121) than those with normal birth weight (NBW). Non-First Nations women with LBW had a greater risk of developing GDM than those with NBW (HR 1.585; 95% CI 1.001, 2.512). HBW is a risk factor for GDM and T2DM among First Nations women. This is likely due to exposure of these women to their own mothers’ diabetic pregnancies or gestational impaired glucose tolerance. This inter-generational amplification of T2DM risk mediated throughprenatalexposures appears to play a substantial role in the epidemic of T2DM among First Nations peoples.
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Lotfi Z, Aboussaleh Y, Sbaibi R, Achouri I, Benguedour R. [The overweight, the obesity and the glycemic control among diabetics of the provincial reference center of diabetes (CRD), Kenitra, Morocco]. Pan Afr Med J 2017; 27:189. [PMID: 28904714 PMCID: PMC5579421 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.27.189.9535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Le diabète est définit comme un trouble de l'assimilation, de l'utilisation et du stockage des sucres apportés par l'alimentation, sa prise en charge est assurée par le suivi du surpoids et l'obésité et le contrôle glycémique régulier. L'objectif de ce travail était l'étude du surpoids, l'obésité et le contrôle glycémique chez 2227 diabétiques de différent type (type 1, 2 et gestationnel), consultants le centre de référence provincial de diabète (CRD), Kénitra-Maroc. Méthodes L'étude s'est déroulée sur une période d'une année du mois janvier au mois décembre 2015, L'évaluation du surpoids et l'obésité a été effectuée par le calcul de l'Indice de Masse Corporelle (IMC=Poids/Taille2 (Kg/m2)), elles sont définit respectivement par IMC > 25 Kg/m2, et IMC > 30 Kg/m2, le poids et la taille ont été mesurés selon les recommandations de l'organisation mondiale de santé (OMS), Le contrôle glycémique a été effectué par l'analyse sanguine de l'Hémoglobine glycosylée et de la Glycémie à jeun. Les normes sont 7% pour l'Hémoglobine glycosylée et 0,70g/l à 1,10g/l pour la Glycémie à jeun. Résultats L'intervalle d'âges des patients est compris entre 8 mois et 80 ans, avec une dominance des diabétiques provenant du milieu urbain (74%) par rapport à ceux provenant du milieu rural (26%). Le surpoids touche l'ensemble de cette population. L'IMC moyen des femmes tends vers l'obésité (IMC≈30): (29,21 Kg/m2 ± 3,1) pour le diabète gestationnel et (29,15 Kg/m2 ± 3,2) pour le diabète de type 2. Les valeurs du contrôle glycémique sont supérieures aux normes: avec 8,5% ± 2,6 > 7% pour l'hémoglobine glycosylée et 1,5 g/l ± 1,3 > 1,10g/l pour la Glycémie à jeun. La différence entre les valeurs de l'hémoglobine glycosylée entre les hommes (8,5 7% ± 2,6) et les femmes (8,1% ± 2,3) n'est pas significative (P > 0,05), même chose pour la Glycémie capillaire à jeun: pour les hommes (1,44 g/l ± 1,1) et les femmes (1,43 g/l ± 1,2). Les coefficients de corrélation de Pearson sont hautement significatifs (P<0,005); d'une part entre IMC et la Glycémie à jeun (r = 0,5) et d'autre part entre IMC et les valeurs de l'Hémoglobine glycosylée (r = 0,4). Conclusion L'ensemble des diabétiques présente des valeurs de l'IMC et du contrôle glycémique, supérieures aux normes. Des recherches approfondies sont nécessaires sur ces diabétiques afin de dresser un programme urgent de remédiation.
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- Zeghari Lotfi
- Laboratoire de Nutrition, Santé & Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail BP 133, Kénitra 14 000, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Nutrition, Santé & Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail BP 133, Kénitra 14 000, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Nutrition, Santé & Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail BP 133, Kénitra 14 000, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Nutrition, Santé & Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail BP 133, Kénitra 14 000, Maroc
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- Laboratoire Biochimie, Biotechnologie, Santé et Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP 133, Kénitra 14 000, Maroc
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Hayward MN, Mequanint S, Paquette-Warren J, Bailie R, Chirila A, Dyck R, Green M, Hanley A, Tompkins J, Harris S. The FORGE AHEAD clinical readiness consultation tool: a validated tool to assess clinical readiness for chronic disease care mobilization in Canada's First Nations. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:233. [PMID: 28335823 PMCID: PMC5364708 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2175-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Given the astounding rates of diabetes and related complications, and the barriers to providing care present in Indigenous communities in Canada, intervention strategies that take into account contextual factors such as readiness to mobilize are needed to maximize improvements and increase the likelihood of success and sustainment. As part of the national FORGE AHEAD Program, we sought to develop, test and validate a clinical readiness consultation tool aimed at assessing the readiness of clinical teams working on-reserve in First Nations communities to participate in quality improvement (QI) to enhance diabetes care in Canada. METHODS A literature review was conducted to identify existing readiness tools. The ABCD - SAT was adapted using a consensus approach that emphasized a community-based participatory approach and prioritized the knowledge and wisdom held by community members. The tool was piloted with a group of 16 people from 7 provinces and 11 partnering communities to assess language use, clarity, relevance, format, and ease of completion using examples. Internal reliability analysis and convergence validity were conducted with data from 53 clinical team members from 11 First Nations communities (3-5 per community) who have participated in the FORGE AHEAD program. RESULTS The 27-page Clinical Readiness Consultation Tool (CRCT) consists of five main components, 21 sub-components, and 74 items that are aligned with the Expanded Chronic Care Model. Five-point Likert scale feedback from the pilot ranged from 3.25 to 4.5. Length of the tool was reported as a drawback but respondents noted that all the items were needed to provide a comprehensive picture of the healthcare system. Results for internal consistency showed that all sub-components except for two were within acceptable ranges (0.77-0.93). The Team Structure and Function sub-component scale had a moderately significant positive correlation with the validated Team Climate Inventory, r = 0.45, p < 0.05. CONCLUSIONS The testing and validation of the FORGE AHEAD CRCT demonstrated that the tool is acceptable, valid and reliable. The CRCT has been successfully used to support the implementation of the FORGE AHEAD Program and the health services changes that partnering First Nations communities have designed and undertaken to improve diabetes care. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Current ClinicalTrial.gov protocol ID NCT02234973 . Date of Registration: July 30, 2014.
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- Mariam Naqshbandi Hayward
- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada.
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Canadian Center for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
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Harris SB, Tompkins JW, TeHiwi B. Call to action: A new path for improving diabetes care for Indigenous peoples, a global review. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2017; 123:120-133. [PMID: 28011411 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Indigenous populations around the globe, and there is an urgent need to improve the health and health equity of Indigenous peoples with diabetes through timely and appropriate diabetes prevention and management strategies. This review describes the evolution of the diabetes epidemic in Indigenous populations and associated risk factors, highlighting gestational diabetes and intergenerational risk, lifestyle risk factors and social determinants as having particular importance and impact on Indigenous peoples. This review further describes the impact of chronic disease and diabetes on Indigenous peoples and communities, specifically diabetes-related comorbidities and complications. This review provides continued evidence that dramatic changes are necessary to reduce diabetes-related inequities in Indigenous populations, with a call to action to support programmatic primary healthcare transformation capable of empowering Indigenous peoples and communities and improving chronic disease prevention and management. Promising strategies for transforming health services and care for Indigenous peoples include quality improvement initiatives, facilitating diabetes and chronic disease registry and surveillance systems to identify care gaps, and prioritizing evaluation to build the evidence-base necessary to guide future health policy and planning locally and on a global scale.
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- Stewart B Harris
- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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- Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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Sellers EAC, Dean HJ, Shafer LA, Martens PJ, Phillips-Beck W, Heaman M, Prior HJ, Dart AB, McGavock J, Morris M, Torshizi AA, Ludwig S, Shen GX. Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Impact on the Development of Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian First Nations and Non-First Nations Offspring. Diabetes Care 2016; 39:2240-2246. [PMID: 27703026 DOI: 10.2337/dc16-1148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes is increasing in children worldwide, with Canadian First Nations (FN) children disproportionally affected. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) also is increasing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of GDM exposure in utero and FN status on the subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes in offspring in the first 30 years of life. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this population-based historical prospective cohort study, we used administrative databases linked to a clinical database to explore the independent association and interaction between GDM and FN status on the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes in offspring. RESULTS Among 321,008 births with a median follow-up of 15.1 years, both maternal GDM and FN status were independently associated with subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes in offspring in the first 30 years of life (hazard ratio 3.03 [95% CI 2.44-3.76; P < 0.0001] vs. 4.86 [95% CI 4.08-5.79; P < 0.0001], respectively). No interaction between GDM and FN status on type 2 diabetes risk was observed. FN status had a stronger impact on the development of type 2 diabetes in offspring than GDM. CONCLUSIONS GDM is an important modifiable risk factor for type 2 diabetes, and its prevention may reduce the prevalence of subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring. This study adds unique and rigorous evidence to the global public health debate about the impact of GDM on the long-term health of offspring.
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- Elizabeth A C Sellers
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada .,Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Anderson KG, Spicer P, Peercy MT. Obesity, Diabetes, and Birth Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Matern Child Health J 2016; 20:2548-2556. [PMID: 27461020 PMCID: PMC5124395 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2080-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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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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- Kermyt G Anderson
- Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 521 Dale Hall Tower, 455 West Lindsey, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 521 Dale Hall Tower, 455 West Lindsey, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
- Center for Applied Social Research, 201 Stephenson Parkway, Suite 4100, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, 1921 Stonecipher Blvd., Ada, OK, 74820, USA
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Vézina-Im LA, Perron J, Lemieux S, Robitaille J. Promoting fruit and vegetable intake in childbearing age women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled trial. J Health Psychol 2016; 24:600-612. [DOI: 10.1177/1359105316680021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This randomised controlled trial verified the efficacy of an implementation intentions intervention ( n = 24) to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among childbearing age women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus against a control condition based on the question–behaviour effect ( n = 26). There was only a significant time effect ( F(2,85) = 5.69, p = 0.0048). Both groups increased their vegetable consumption compared to baseline at 3 months ( p = 0.0022) and 6 months ( p = 0.0042). There were no significant effects on weight, waist circumference and blood glucose levels. Implementation intentions and the question–behaviour effect appear to be effective behaviour change techniques to promote vegetable intake among this high-risk population.
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Turin TC, Saad N, Jun M, Tonelli M, Ma Z, Barnabe CCM, Manns B, Hemmelgarn B. Lifetime risk of diabetes among First Nations and non-First Nations people. CMAJ 2016; 188:1147-1153. [PMID: 27647609 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lifetime risk is a relatively straightforward measure used to communicate disease burden, representing the cumulative risk of an outcome during the remainder of an individual's life starting from a disease-free index age. We estimated the lifetime risk of diabetes among men and women in both First Nations and non-First Nations populations using a cohort of adults in a single Canadian province. METHODS We used a population-based cohort consisting of Alberta residents from 1997 to 2008 who were free of diabetes at cohort entry to estimate the lifetime risk of diabetes among First Nations and non-First Nations people. We calculated age-specific incidence rates with the person-year method in 5-year bands. We estimated the sex- and index-age-specific lifetime risk of incident diabetes, after adjusting for the competing risk of death. RESULTS The cohort included 70 631 First Nations and 2 732 214 non-First Nations people aged 18 years or older. The lifetime risk of diabetes at 20 years of age was 75.6% among men and 87.3% among women in the First Nations group, as compared with 55.6% among men and 46.5% among women in the non-First Nations group. The risk was higher among First Nations people than among non-First Nations people for all index ages and for both sexes. Among non-First Nations people, men had a higher lifetime risk of diabetes than women across all index ages. In contrast, among First Nations people, women had a higher lifetime risk than men across all index ages. INTERPRETATION About 8 in 10 First Nations people and about 5 in 10 non-First Nations people of young age will develop diabetes in their remaining lifetime. These population-based estimates may help health care planners and decision-makers set priorities and increase public awareness and interest in the prevention of diabetes.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Department of Family Medicine (Turin), Department of Community Health Sciences (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn), Institute of Public Health (Turin, Manns, Hemmelgarn) and Department of Medicine (Saad, Jun, Tonelli, Ma, Barnabe, Manns, Hemmelgarn), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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Nasiri-Amiri F, Bakhtiari A, Faramarzi M, Adib Rad H, Pasha H. The Association Between Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study. Int J Endocrinol Metab 2016; 14:e37123. [PMID: 27942263 PMCID: PMC5136457 DOI: 10.5812/ijem.37123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A recent meta-analysis study suggested that more research is needed to investigate the type, duration and intensity of physical activity that can help to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to understand the association between physical activity and gestational diabetes mellitus through comparing the type and intensity of physical activity performed by pregnant females with gestational diabetes and healthy pregnant females in the first 20 weeks of their pregnancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the current case-control study, 100 pregnant females with gestational diabetes mellitus as the case group and 100 pregnant females as the non-diabetic control group were recruited. The age range of the participants was 18 - 40 years with the gestation of 20 - 28 weeks. To diagnose gestational diabetes mellitus using the criteria introduced by carpenter and coustan females with abnormal glucose challenge test (> 140 mg/dL) were asked to perform the three-hour 100 g oral glucose tolerance test. The details of physical activity were collected by a modified version of the pregnancy physical activity questionnaire. Anthropometric and relevant data were recorded for all of the participants. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 21. Risk estimates were obtained by logistic regression and adjusted for confounders. RESULTS Females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical activity questionnaire during early pregnancy were at a significantly higher risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (OR = 4.12, 95% CI (2.28 - 7.43), P = 0.001) compared to the ones who reported higher levels of physical activity. Moreover, after adjusting for age, body mass index (BMI), gravidity and a family history of diabetes, females with low physical activity in the domain of transportation activity during 20 weeks of pregnancy were at a significantly higher risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus. The statistical findings indicate that females with the low intensity of sedentary, light and moderate physical activity are at a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (OR 2.32; 95% CI 1.21-4.43, P = 0.010, OR 6.26; 95% CI 2.95 - 13.30, P = 0.001 and OR 6.73; 95% CI 3.15 - 14.38, P = 0.001) compared to females with a higher intensity of sedentary, light and moderate physical activity. CONCLUSIONS The amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. As a result, the pregnant Iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it.
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- Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri
- Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran
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- Assistant Professor, Fatemeh Zahra Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran
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- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Department of Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran
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- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Department of Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran
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Darroch FE, Giles AR. A postcolonial feminist discourse analysis of urban Aboriginal women's description of pregnancy-related weight gain and physical activity. Women Birth 2016; 29:e23-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Tobe SW, Maar M, Roy MA, Warburton DE. Preventing Cardiovascular and Renal Disease in Canada's Aboriginal Populations. Can J Cardiol 2015; 31:1124-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Saad N, Wilson D, Donovan LE. Solving the mystery: the true prevalence of gestational diabetes in indigenous women. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2015; 31:476-8. [PMID: 25782614 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This commentary briefly reviews what is currently known about estimating the prevalence of gestational diabetes in indigenous women. It offers insights into numerous factors likely playing a role in its observed variability. It also highlights important key concepts to consider in the overall evaluation and management of gestational diabetes in this particular population.
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- Nathalie Saad
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Lin MH, Huang SJ, Shih WMJ, Wang PY, Lin LH, Hsu HC. Effects of an anti-smoking program to prevent lung cancer among urban aboriginals in Taiwan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2015; 14:6451-7. [PMID: 24377549 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.11.6451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Indigenous people who leave their hometowns and move to the city to earn a living became urban aboriginals. During the process of adapting to urban living situations, they may use various coping strategies such as smoking to overcome their stress. Therefore, it is crucial to provide health education including smoking prevention, increasing knowledge regarding of tobacco hazard, self-efficacy of anti-smoking, and adjusting smoking behavior so as to empower their anti-smoking motivation to prevent lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of an anti-smoking program on urban aboriginals in Taiwan. METHODS A quasi-experimental study design with purposeful sampling was employed. A total of 125 aboriginal subjects were recruited from two local churches at Shu Lin area in northern Taiwan. Subjects were divided into an experimental group (n =64 ) and a control group (n = 61). Both took pre-tests in order to set baseline values, and only the experimental group participated for 3-weeks in the anti-smoking program classes. Both groups took post-tests immediately after the intervention in order to evaluate the immediate effects of the teaching program, and a follow-up test was conducted four weeks after the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANCOVA, and repeat measure ANCOVA. RESULTS After controlling for confounding variables, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the self-efficacy of anti-smoking and smoking behavior between experimental and control groups in the immediately post-test and the follow-up test (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant differences in the recognition of hazards of smoking at eiter time point. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE The findings of this study revealed that the anti-smoking program effectively improved self-efficacy of anti-smoking, and decreased the smoking behavior in urban aboriginals. They provide useful information as a reference regarding of aboriginal health promotion to health providers. It is imperative that anti-smoking be reinforced for those regular smokers to prevent induction of lung cancer.
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- Mei-Hsiang Lin
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan E-mail : ,
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Oster RT, Mayan MJ, Toth EL. Diabetes in pregnancy among First Nations women. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2014; 24:1469-80. [PMID: 25082157 DOI: 10.1177/1049732314545089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We conducted a focused ethnography with 12 First Nations women who had had diabetes in pregnancy to understand their real-life experiences and find ways to improve care for those with diabetes in pregnancy. We carried out unstructured interviews that were recorded, transcribed, and subject to qualitative content analysis. The experience of diabetes in pregnancy is one wrought with difficulties but balanced to some degree by positive lifestyle changes. Having a strong support system (family, health care, cultural/community, and internal support) and the necessary resources (primarily awareness/education) allows women to take some control of their health. Efforts to improve pregnancy care for First Nations women should take a more patient-centered care approach and strive to enhance the support systems of these women, increase their sense of autonomy, and raise awareness of diabetes in pregnancy and its accompanying challenges.
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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De Souza LR, Kogan E, Berger H, Alves JG, Lebovic G, Retnakaran R, Maguire JL, Ray JG. Abdominal Adiposity and Insulin Resistance in Early Pregnancy. JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY CANADA 2014; 36:969-975. [DOI: 10.1016/s1701-2163(15)30409-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hui AL, Sevenhuysen G, Harvey D, Salamon E. Barriers and coping strategies of women with gestational diabetes to follow dietary advice. Women Birth 2014; 27:292-7. [PMID: 25096174 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To understand barriers and coping strategies of women with gestational diabetes (GDM) to follow dietary advice. DESIGN Qualitative study. PARTICIPANTS Thirty women with GDM from the Winnipeg area participated. Each participant completed a Food Choice Map (FCM) semi-structured interview and a demographic questionnaire. MAJOR OUTCOME MEASURES Underlying beliefs of women with GDM and factors that hinder following dietary advice. ANALYSIS Qualitative data analyzed using constant comparative method to identify emergent themes of factors and beliefs that affected following dietary advice. Themes were categorized within the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction. RESULTS GDM women faced challenges and barriers when (1) personal food preference conflicted with dietary advice; (2) eating in different social environments where food choice and portions were out of control and food choice decisions were affected by social norms; (3) lack of knowledge and skills in dietary management and lack of a tailored dietary plan. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Quick adaptation to dietary management in a short time period created challenges for women with GDM. Stress and anxiety were reported when women talked about following dietary advice. Tailored educational and mental health consultation with consideration of the barriers may promote dietary compliance and overall better health.
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- Amy Leung Hui
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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- Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Morisset AS, Côté JA, Michaud A, Robitaille J, Dubé MC, Veillette J, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A. Dietary Intakes in the Nutritional Management Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. CAN J DIET PRACT RES 2014; 75:64-71. [DOI: 10.3148/75.2.2014.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Purpose: Changes were examined in energy intakes and percentage of energy from macronutrients in response to nutritional intervention in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: The study included 17 women with GDM and 27 women with normal glucose tolerance (controls). Women with GDM were followed by a multidisciplinary team; they received dietary counselling by a registered dietitian, and were prescribed diets with 40% to 45% energy from carbohydrate (CHO), 20% to 25% from protein, and 30% to 35% from fat. Dietary intakes were assessed with food frequency questionnaires before the intervention (26.9 ± 3.8 weeks) and after the intervention (32.6 ± 0.6 weeks). Results: After the intervention, women with GDM reduced their total energy intake to reach lower values than did controls (P value for time-group interaction ≤0.05). A concomitant reduction in total CHO and glucose intakes in women with GDM led to significantly lower values compared with intakes in controls (P values for time-group interaction ≤0.001 for all). The post-intervention rate of weight gain in women with GDM was within the Institute of Medicine (IOM)-recommended values, while the post-intervention rate of weight gain in controls was above IOM-recommended values (0.30 ± 0.27 versus 0.61 ± 0.50 kg/week, P≤0.05). Conclusions: These results suggest that this multidisciplinary medical and nutritional intervention was effective in the achievement of prescribed macronutrient distribution and controlling gestational weight gain in Canadian women with GDM.
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- Anne-Sophie Morisset
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Université Laval, and Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Quebec, QC
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Université Laval, and Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Quebec, QC
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Université Laval, and Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Quebec, QC
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Quebec, QC
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- Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Quebec, QC
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Université Laval, and Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Québec Research Centre, and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Quebec, QC
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Food choice decision-making by women with gestational diabetes. Can J Diabetes 2014; 38:26-31. [PMID: 24485210 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.08.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To enhance the dietary education presented to women with gestational diabetes (GDM) by exploring the reasons and experiences that women with GDM reported in making their food-choice decisions after receipt of dietary education from a healthcare professional. METHODS Food Choice Map (FCM) semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 30 women with GDM living in the Winnipeg area during their pregnancies. Verbatim transcripts were generated from the interviews. A constant comparative method was used to generate common themes to answer research inquiries. RESULTS Personal food preferences, hunger and cravings were the main factors affecting food choice decision-making in women with GDM. Although the information from healthcare professionals was 1 factor that affected food choice decision-making for most of the participants, more than half of the women, including all the women who were on insulin, reported difficulties in quick adaptation to dietary management in a limited time period. Information from other sources such as family members, friends, and internet were used to cope with the adaptation. These difficulties led to a sense of decreased control of GDM and were accompanied by frustration, especially for women taking insulin. CONCLUSIONS Food choice decision-making varied for this group of women with GDM. Knowledge and information aided in making healthy food choices and in portion control. However, balancing individual needs and blood glucose control in a short time period was felt to be difficult and created frustration. The findings suggested that dietary consultation needs to be personalized and to be time sensitive to promote confidence in self-control.
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Oster RT, King M, Morrish DW, Mayan MJ, Toth EL. Diabetes in pregnancy among First Nations women in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2014; 14:136. [PMID: 24716718 PMCID: PMC4021202 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In addition to increasing the risk of adverse birth outcomes, diabetes in pregnancy is thought to be an important driver of the epidemic of type 2 diabetes affecting Canada's First Nations population. The relative contributions of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pre-existing diabetes are not well understood. We generated a comprehensive epidemiological profile of diabetes in pregnancy over a 10-year period among the First Nations population of Alberta, Canada. METHODS De-identified administrative data for 427,058 delivery records were obtained for the years 2000-2009. Pregnancy risk factors and delivery outcomes were described and compared by ethnicity (First Nations vs. non-First Nations) and diabetes status. Age-adjusted prevalence values for GDM and pre-existing diabetes were calculated and were compared by ethnicity. Longitudinal changes over time were also examined. Predictors were explored using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS First Nations women had more antenatal risk factors and adverse infant outcomes that were compounded by diabetes. First Nations descent was an independent predictor of diabetes in pregnancy (p < 0.001). GDM prevalence was significantly higher among First Nations (6.1%) compared to non-First Nations women (3.8%; p < 0.001), but prevalence values increased significantly over time only in non-First Nations women (4.5 average annual percent change; p < 0.05). The prevalence of pre-existing diabetes was stable over time in both groups, but First Nations women experienced a 2.5-fold higher overall prevalence compared with non-First Nations women (1.5% vs. 0.6%, respectively; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Although First Nations women experience a higher overall prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy, the lack of increase in the prevalence over time is encouraging. However, because high-risk pregnancies and poor outcomes are more common among First Nations women, particularly those with diabetes, strategies to improve perinatal care must be implemented.
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- Richard T Oster
- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, 4-030 Research Transition Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2V2, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Pascual Corrales E, Andrada P, Aubá M, Ruiz Zambrana A, Guillén Grima F, Salvador J, Escalada J, Galofré JC. Is autoimmune thyroid dysfunction a risk factor for gestational diabetes? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 61:377-81. [PMID: 24680382 DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Some recent studies have related autoimmune thyroid dysfunction and gestational diabetes (GD). The common factor for both conditions could be the existence of pro-inflammatory homeostasis. The study objective was therefore to assess whether the presence of antithyroid antibodies is related to the occurrence of GD. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-six pregnant women with serum TSH levels ≥ 2.5 mU/mL during the first trimester were retrospectively studied. Antithyroid antibodies were measured, and an O'Sullivan test was performed. GD was diagnosed based on the criteria of the Spanish Group on Diabetes and Pregnancy. RESULTS Positive antithyroid antibodies were found in 21 (37.50%) women. GD was diagnosed in 15 patients, 6 of whom (10.71%) had positive antibodies, while 9 (16.07%) had negative antibodies. Data were analyzed using exact logistic regression by LogXact-8 Cytel; no statistically significant differences were found between GD patients with positive and negative autoimmunity (OR = 1.15 [95%CI = 0.28-4.51]; P=1.00). CONCLUSIONS The presence of thyroid autoimmunity in women with TSH above the recommended values at the beginning of pregnancy is not associated to development of GD. However, GD prevalence was higher in these patients as compared to the Spanish general population, suggesting the need for closer monitoring in pregnant women with TSH levels ≥ 2.5 mU/mL.
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- Eider Pascual Corrales
- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
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- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España.
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Thériault S, Forest JC, Massé J, Giguère Y. Validation of early risk-prediction models for gestational diabetes based on clinical characteristics. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2014; 103:419-25. [PMID: 24447804 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Revised: 10/13/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS Gestational diabetes (GDM) is generally diagnosed late in pregnancy, precluding early preventive interventions. This study aims to validate, in a large Caucasian population of pregnant women, models based on clinical characteristics proposed in the literature to identify, early in pregnancy, those at high risk of developing GDM in order to facilitate follow up and prevention. METHODS This is a cohort study including 7929 pregnant women recruited prospectively at their first prenatal visit. Clinical information was obtained by a self-administered questionnaire and extraction of data from the medical records. The performance of four proposed clinical risk-prediction models was evaluated for identifying women who developed GDM and those who required insulin therapy. RESULTS The four models yielded areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) between 0.668 and 0.756 for the identification of women who developed GDM, a performance similar to those obtained in the original studies. The best performing model, based on ethnicity, body-mass index, family history of diabetes and past history of GDM, resulted in sensitivity, specificity and AUC of 73% (66-79), 81% (80-82) and 0.824 (0.793-0.855), respectively, for the identification of GDM cases requiring insulin therapy. CONCLUSIONS External validation of four risk-prediction models based exclusively on clinical characteristics yielded a performance similar to those observed in the original studies. In our cohort, the strategy seems particularly promising for the early prediction of GDM requiring insulin therapy. Addition of recently proposed biochemical markers to such models has the potential to reach a performance justifying clinical utilization.
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- Sébastien Thériault
- CHU de Québec Research Center, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1L 3L5, and Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1L 3L5, and Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1L 3L5, and Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1L 3L5, and Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.
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Menato G, Bo S, Signorile A, Gallo ML, Cotrino I, Poala CB, Massobrio M. Current management of gestational diabetes mellitus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/17474108.3.1.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Le diabète de type 2 chez les autochtones. Can J Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.03.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Harris SB, Bhattacharyya O, Dyck R, Hayward MN, Toth EL. Le diabète de type 2 chez les Autochtones. Can J Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhang S, Cardarelli K, Shim R, Ye J, Booker KL, Rust G. Racial disparities in economic and clinical outcomes of pregnancy among Medicaid recipients. Matern Child Health J 2013; 17:1518-25. [PMID: 23065298 PMCID: PMC4039287 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1162-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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To explore racial-ethnic disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes among Medicaid recipients, and to estimate excess Medicaid costs associated with the disparities. Cross-sectional study of adverse pregnancy outcomes and Medicaid payments using data from Medicaid Analytic eXtract files on all Medicaid enrollees in fourteen southern states. Compared to other racial and ethnic groups, African American women tended to be younger, more likely to have a Cesarean section, to stay longer in the hospital and to incur higher Medicaid costs. African-American women were also more likely to experience preeclampsia, placental abruption, preterm birth, small birth size for gestational age, and fetal death/stillbirth. Eliminating racial disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes (not counting infant costs), could generate Medicaid cost savings of $114 to $214 million per year in these 14 states. Despite having the same insurance coverage and meeting the same poverty guidelines for Medicaid eligibility, African American women have a higher rate of adverse pregnancy outcomes than White or Hispanic women. Racial disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes not only represent potentially preventable human suffering, but also avoidable economic costs. There is a significant financial return-on-investment opportunity tied to eliminating racial disparities in birth outcomes. With the Affordable Care Act expansion of Medicaid coverage for the year 2014, Medicaid could be powerful public health tool for improving pregnancy outcomes.
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- Shun Zhang
- National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, NCPC Room 307, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, NCPC Room 307, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Child Health, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, NCPC Room 307, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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Type 2 Diabetes in Aboriginal Peoples. Can J Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chamberlain C, McNamara B, Williams ED, Yore D, Oldenburg B, Oats J, Eades S. Diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2013; 29:241-56. [PMID: 23315909 PMCID: PMC3698691 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Recently proposed international guidelines for screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) recommend additional screening in early pregnancy for sub-populations at a high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), such as indigenous women. However, there are criteria that should be met to ensure the benefits outweigh the risks of population-based screening. This review examines the published evidence for early screening for indigenous women as related to these criteria. Any publications were included that referred to diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States (n = 145). The risk of bias was appraised. There is sufficient evidence describing the epidemiology of diabetes in pregnancy, demonstrating that it imposes a significant disease burden on indigenous women and their infants at birth and across the lifecourse (n = 120 studies). Women with pre-existing T2DM have a higher risk than women who develop GDM during pregnancy. However, there was insufficient evidence to address the remaining five criteria, including the following: understanding current screening practice and rates (n = 7); acceptability of GDM screening (n = 0); efficacy and cost of screening for GDM (n = 3); availability of effective treatment after diagnosis (n = 6); and effective systems for follow-up after pregnancy (n = 5). Given the impact of diabetes in pregnancy, particularly undiagnosed T2DM, GDM screening in early pregnancy offers potential benefits for indigenous women. However, researchers, policy makers and clinicians must work together with communities to develop effective strategies for implementation and minimizing the potential risks. Evidence of effective strategies for primary prevention, GDM treatment and follow-up after pregnancy are urgently needed.
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- Catherine Chamberlain
- International Public Health Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Prahan, Victoria, Australia.
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