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Impact of maternal diabetes on birthweight is greater in non-Hispanic blacks than in non-Hispanic whites.
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PMID:  22237686     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To determine the impact of maternal diabetes during pregnancy on racial disparities in fetal growth. METHODS: Using linked birth certificate, inpatient hospital and prenatal claims data we examined live singleton births of mothers resident in South Carolina who self-reported their race as non-Hispanic white (NHW; n = 140,128) or non-Hispanic black (NHB; n = 82,492) and delivered at 28-42 weeks' gestation between 2004 and 2008. RESULTS: Prepregnancy diabetes prevalence was higher in NHB (3.0%) than in NHW (1.7%), while the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was similar in NHB (6.1%) and NHW (6.3%). At a delivery BMI of 35 kg/m(2), GDM exposure was associated with an average birthweight only 17 g (95% CI 4, 30) higher in NHW, but 78 g (95% CI 61, 95) higher in NHB (controlling for gestational age, maternal age, infant sex and availability of information on prenatal care). Figures for prepregnancy diabetes were 58 g (95% CI 34, 81) in NHW and 60 g (95% CI 37, 84) in NHB. GDM had a greater impact on birthweight in NHB than in NHW (60 g racial difference [95% CI 39, 82]), while prepregnancy diabetes had a large but similar impact. Similarly, the RR for GDM of having a large- relative to a normal-weight-for-gestational-age infant was lower in NHW (RR 1.41 [95% CI 1.34, 1.49]) than in NHB (RR 2.24 [95% CI 2.05, 2.46]). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: These data suggest that the negative effects of GDM combined with obesity during pregnancy may be greater in NHB than in NHW individuals.
Authors:
K J Hunt; N M Marlow; M Gebregziabher; C N Ellerbe; J Mauldin; M E Mayorga; J E Korte
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetologia     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1432-0428     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0006777     Medline TA:  Diabetologia     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine/Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Cannon Street, Suite 302, P.O. Box 250835, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA, huntke@musc.edu.
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