Insufficient sleep during early pregnancy may lead to gestational diabetes: Study
Sleep is a critical factor in glucose metabolism, with both abnormally long and short sleep duration increasing random blood sugar levels in pregnant women. A recent study published in Diabetes & Metabolism suggests that Short sleep duration during early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has serious effects on both mother and child. Like Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, it is increasing in prevalence worldwide. In addition to obesity, sleep duration has been named an important risk factor. However, there are only minimal cohort study data available that explains the association between short sleep duration during early pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). To fill the knowledge gap, researchers of Peking University, China conducted a study to explore the association between sleep duration in the first trimester and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in one region of mainland China.
It was a prospective cohort study of 3692 pregnant women at the first prenatal care appointment before 14 weeks of gestation. Researchers collected sleep duration data from pregnant women and using Multivariable log-binomial regression models they assessed the association of sleep duration with GDM after adjusting for demographic characteristics, health status and lifestyle habits.
Key findings of the study:
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