Publications by authors named "Joana Guimaraes Martins da Costa"
Body mass index and gestational weight gain: relevance in gestational diabetes and outcomes - A retrospective cohort study.
Patrícia Mendonça Oliveira Rosinha Rosa Alexandra Barbosa Dantas Márcia Inês Paiva Alves Teresa Cristina Maia Ferreira Azevedo Isabel Maria Ramos Inácio Joana Guimarães Martins da Costa
Arch Endocrinol Metab
April 2022
Objective: To evaluate the influence of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on blood glucose levels at diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obstetric/neonatal outcomes.
Methods: Retrospective cohort study including 462 women with GDM and singleton pregnancy delivered in our institution between January 2015 and June 2018 and grouped according to BMI/GWG.
Results: The diagnosis of GDM was more likely to be established in the 1 trimester (T) in women with obesity than in normal-weight (55.