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  • The study investigated the relationship between vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women, focusing on whether VDD is linked to GDM independently of body mass index (BMI).
  • The research involved a cross-sectional analysis of 886 pregnant women in Spain, finding a GDM prevalence of 10.5% and a VDD prevalence of 55.5%.
  • Results indicated that while both VDD and obesity were initially linked to GDM, only VDD remained statistically significant when adjusted for BMI, suggesting a direct association that merits further longitudinal research for causal insights.

Article Abstract

A relationship between vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been described. Considering that GDM prevalence depends on body mass index (BMI), our main objective was to determine if VDD is associated with GDM, independent of BMI. A cross-sectional study with 886 pregnant women was conducted in Elda (Spain) from September 2019 to June 2020. To assess the association, Poisson regression models with robust variance were used to estimate the prevalence ratio (PR). The observed GDM prevalence was 10.5%, while the VDD prevalence was 55.5%. In the crude model, both VDD and obesity were associated with GDM, but in the adjusted model, only VDD was statistically significant (PR = 1.635, = 0.038). A secondary event analysis did not detect differences in VDD, but BMI yielded a higher frequency of births by cesarean section and newborns with a >90 percentile weight in the obesity group. In conclusion, VDD is associated with GDM, independent of BMI. Future longitudinal studies could provide information on causality.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8746839PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14010102DOI Listing

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