An early model to predict the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the absence of blood examination indexes: application in primary health care centres.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the critical causes of adverse perinatal outcomes. A reliable estimate of GDM in early pregnancy would facilitate intervention plans for maternal and infant health care to prevent the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. This study aims to build an early model to predict GDM in the first trimester for the primary health care centre.

Authors

  • Jingyuan Wang
    Department of Neurological Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
  • Bohan Lv
    School of Nursing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
  • Xiujuan Chen
    Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Metabolites Research, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Yueshuai Pan
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
  • Kai Chen
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Provincial Center for Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
  • Yan Zhang
    Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, 110032, China.
  • Qianqian Li
    Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.
  • Lili Wei
    Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control, Ji'nan 250101, China.
  • Yan Liu
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China.