ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2018
Prepregnancy Fitness and Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A Longitudinal Analysis.
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- A comprehensive assessment of preconception health needs and interventions regarding women of childbearing age: a systematic review.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Pooled it
- Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength during pregnancy with metabolic health outcomes and inflammatory parameters at 1-year postpartum in women after gestational diabetes.Cardiovascular diabetology. Endocrinology reports · 2025Article
- Pre-Conception Physical Activity and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from the BORN 2020 Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Women's Reproductive Milestones and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Review of Reports and Opportunities From the CARDIA Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Review
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2023 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2023Review
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- Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Complications at Delivery Associated With Gestational Diabetes: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis (2004-2019).Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Prepregnancy Protein Source and BCAA Intake Are Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the CARDIA Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sleep Disturbances Before Pregnancy and Subsequent Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Nature and science of sleep · 2022Article
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2021Article
- Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Before and After Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Life-Course Analysis in CARDIA Women.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to assess the associations of prepregnancy cardiorespiratory fitness, moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), and time spent watching television with subsequent development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
methodsParticipants were 1333 women enrolled in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study who did not have diabetes either at baseline (1985-86) or before births occurring after baseline. Baseline fitness was estimated using a graded symptom-limited maximal exercise treadmill test and expressed in MET units. Baseline MVPA (exercise units per day) was measured using the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults physical activity history questionnaire, and television viewing (h·d) was assessed by self-report in 1990-1991. Logistic regression analysis was used to derive odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals, adjusting for time from baseline to delivery and baseline study center, age, race, education, parity, family history of diabetes, smoking, alcohol, saturated fat intake, waist circumference, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, and HDL cholesterol.
resultsOver 25 yr of follow-up, 164 women developed GDM. The odds of developing GDM were 21% lower for each 1 SD increment in baseline level of fitness (2.3 METs, odds ratio = 0.79, 95% confidence interval = 0.65-0.96). Prepregnancy MVPA and television viewing were not statistically associated with the development of GDM.
conclusionStudy findings indicate that objectively assessed prepregnancy fitness, but not self-reported MVPA or television time, is associated with GDM. Clinicians should counsel women on the benefits of improving fitness in the preconception period, particularly among women at greater risk for GDM.
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