Time trends and projections in the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Queensland, Australia, 2009-2030: Evidence from the Queensland Perinatal Data Collection.

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the fastest-growing type of diabetes in Australia. We aimed to assess the time trends during 2009-2018 and projections of GDM in Queensland, Australia up to 2030.

Materials And Methods: The study data were from the Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) and included data on 606 662 birth events with the births reported from at least 20 weeks gestational age or birth weight at least 400 g.

The pre-pregnancy fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin and lipid profiles as blood biomarkers for gestational diabetes mellitus: evidence from a multigenerational cohort study.

Background: Early prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is important to reduce the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and post-pregnancy cardiometabolic risk in women and offspring over the life course. This study aimed to investigate some blood biomarkers before pregnancy as GDM predictors.

Methods: We investigated the prospective association of blood biomarkers before pregnancy and GDM risk among women from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) cohort.

Triceps skinfold thickness and body mass index and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: Evidence from a multigenerational cohort study.

Background: Pre-pregnancy obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). There is a continuity of obesity from childhood to adolescence and then adulthood. However, it is unknown whether early childhood obesity predicts GDM.

The association of general obesity, central obesity and visceral body fat with the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Studies consistently reported that general obesity predicts gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). However, whether other phenotypes of obesity such as central obesity and visceral adiposity might have differential associations as risk factors of GDM are less known. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of all these obesity phenotypes in developing GDM.