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Weight Gain In Pregnancy And Risk Of Maternal Hyperglycemia, Sharon J. Herring, Emily Oken, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, Alison M. Stuebe, Ken P. Kleinman, Matthew W. Gillman

Public Health Department Faculty Publication Series

OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this study was to examine associations of weight gain from prepregnancy to glycemic screening with glucose tolerance status.

STUDY DESIGN:

Main outcomes were failed glycemic screening (1-hour glucose result >or= 140 mg/dL) with either 1 high value on 3-hour oral glucose tolerance testing (impaired glucose tolerance in pregnancy) or >or= 2 high values on 3-hour oral glucose tolerance testing (gestational diabetes mellitus). We performed multinomial logistic regression to determine the odds of these glucose intolerance outcomes by quartile of gestational weight gain among 1960 women in Project Viva.

RESULTS:

Mean gestational weight gain was 10.2 +/- …