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

This population-based study investigated the association of BMI and other predictors with gestational diabetes mellitus among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. We conducted a state-wide retrospective cohort study that included all singleton births in Western Australia between 2012 and 2015 using population health datasets linked by the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch.

Citation:
Ahmed MA, Bailey HD, Pereira G, White SW, Hare MJL, Wong K, Marriott R, Shepherd CCJ. Overweight/obesity and other predictors of gestational diabetes among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Western Australia. Preventive Med Reports. 2023;36

Keywords:
Gestational diabetes; Aboriginal; Indigenous Australians; Overweight; Obesity; Body mass index; Population attributable fraction

Abstract:
This population-based study investigated the association of BMI and other predictors with gestational diabetes mellitus among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. We conducted a state-wide retrospective cohort study that included all singleton births in Western Australia between 2012 and 2015 using population health datasets linked by the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch.