Variation in the relationship between gestational diabetes diagnosis and total gestational weight gain by race/ethnicity

Abstract

Prior research suggests that women diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) gain less total gestational weight than normoglycemic women. Our study finds that race/ethnicity modifies this association. Relative to normoglycemic women, non-Hispanic white women with GDM gain less weight but non-Hispanic black and Hispanic women gain more weight.

Keywords: Gestational diabetes; Minority health; Weight gain.