ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2018
The role of obesity in the risk of gestational diabetes among immigrant and U.S.-born women in New York City.
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- Predictors of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women Living with Obesity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among Asians - A Systematic Review From a Population Health Perspective.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- The Association Between Acculturation and Diet and Physical Activity Among Pregnant Hispanic Women with Abnormal Glucose Tolerance.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Trial
- Pregnancy and Diabetes Racial/Ethnicity Health Disparities in a Large Integrated Health System.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025Article
- Obesity and postpartum hospital use among individuals without additional medical comorbidities.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Article
- Expanding comprehensive pregnancy care for Emergency Medicaid recipients: a cost-effectiveness analysis.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2024Article
- Overweight/obesity and other predictors of gestational diabetes among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Western Australia.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Obesity among Asian American people in the United States: A review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Review
- Analysis of State Medicaid Expansion and Access to Timely Prenatal Care Among Women Who Were Immigrant vs US Born.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Disparities in cardiometabolic risk profiles and gestational diabetes mellitus by nativity and acculturation: findings from 2016-2017 National Health Interview Survey.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Article
- Rate of Gestational Weight Gain and Glucose-Insulin Metabolism Among Hispanic Pregnant Women With Overweight and Obesity.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2022Observational
- Diabetes prevalence among diverse Hispanic populations: considering nativity, ethnic discrimination, acculturation, and BMI.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Utilization of Maternal Health Care Among Immigrant Mothers in New York City, 2016-2018.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Article
- BMI and risk of gestational diabetes among women of South Asian and Chinese ethnicity: a population-based study.Diabetologia · 2021Article
- Diabetes Risk and Control in Multi-ethnic US Immigrant Populations.Current diabetes reports · 2020Review
- Incidence and Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study in Qingdao, China.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Article
- The role of neutrophil activation in determining the outcome of pregnancy and modulation by hormones and/or cytokines.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2019Review
- Ambient air pollution during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes in New York City.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Excessive Neutrophil Activity in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Could It Contribute to the Development of Preeclampsia?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine if the role of obesity in the risk of gestational diabetes differs between immigrant and U.S.-born women.
methodsWe used New York City-linked 2010-2014 birth certificate and hospital data. We created four racial/ethnic groups (non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and Asian) and three subgroups (Mexican, Indian, and Chinese). Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was ascertained by the birth certificate checkbox and discharge ICD-9 codes. We calculated relative risks for immigrant status and body mass index with GDM using covariate-adjusted log-binomial regression. We calculated multivariable population attributable risk to estimate the proportion of GDM that could be eliminated if overweight/obesity were eliminated by immigrant status.
resultsImmigrant women had higher risk of GDM than U.S.-born women, with adjusted relative risks ranging from 1.2 among non-Hispanic black women (95% confidence interval, 1.2-1.3) to 1.6 among Hispanic women (95% confidence interval, 1.4-1.8). Increasing body mass index was associated with GDM risk in all groups, but relative risks were weaker among immigrants (P for interaction <.05). The population attributable risk for overweight/obesity was lower in immigrant women than in U.S.-born women in all racial/ethnic groups.
conclusionsThe lower proportion of GDM attributable to overweight/obesity among immigrant women may point to early life and migration influences on risk of GDM.
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