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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2023

Overweight/obesity and other predictors of gestational diabetes among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Western Australia.

Marwan Awad Ahmed, Helen D Bailey, Gavin Pereira, Scott W White, Matthew J L Hare, Kingsley Wong, Rhonda Marriott, Carrington C J Shepherd

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Factors Associated With Not Smoking and Ceasing Smoking During Pregnancy Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Marwan Awad AhmedTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Helen D BaileyTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Gavin PereiraCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Scott W WhiteDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Matthew J L HareWellbeing and Chronic Preventable Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Kingsley WongTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Rhonda MarriottNgangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Carrington C J ShepherdTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
The Kids Research Institute Australia · AUCharles Darwin University · AUMurdoch University · AUNorwegian Institute of Public Health · NOThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This population-based study investigated the association of BMI and other predictors with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. We conducted a state-wide retrospective cohort study that included all singleton births in Western Australia (n = 134,552) between 2012 and 2015 using population health datasets linked by the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch. Associations between GDM and its predictors were estimated as adjusted relative risks (aRRs) from multivariable generalised linear models. Adjusted ratio of relative risks (aRRRs) compared RRs in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. Adjusted population attributable fractions estimated the contribution of overweight/obesity to GDM burden, and adjusted predicted probabilities for GDM were plotted against BMI levels. The following predictors had stronger associations with GDM in Aboriginal, compared to non-Aboriginal, mothers: maternal obesity (aRR [95% CI] 3.16 [2.54-3.93]; aRRR 1.57 [1.26-1.94]), previous LGA (aRR 1.70 [1.37-2.12]; aRRR 1.41 [1.13-1.76]) and previous macrosomia (birthweight ≥ 4 kg) (aRR 1.55 [1.24-1.94]; aRRR 1.53 [1.22-1.91]). 46.1% (95% CI: 36.6-54.1) of GDM cases in Aboriginal women (23.3% in non-Aboriginal mothers, 95% CI: 21.6-25.1) were attributed to overweight/obesity. Compared to non-Aboriginal mothers, adjusted GDM probabilities were higher at all BMI levels and showed greater increase with BMI. Overweight/obesity is a key driver of GDM among Aboriginal women. Association between BMI and GDM is stronger in Aboriginal, compared to non-Aboriginal, women especially at higher BMI.

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AboriginalBody mass indexGestational diabetesIndigenous AustraliansObesityOverweightPopulation attributable fraction

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PMID37840590
PMCPMC10568432
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