OBJECTIVES: To ascertain prepregnancy physical activity and dietary intake from a sample of women in early pregnancy and estimate the effect of prepregnancy lifestyle behaviors on the 1-hour glucose challenge test (GCT). METHODS: We conducted a prospective analysis of a racially diverse urban-based sample of 152 pregnant women in the first trimester who were participants in the Parity, Inflammation and Diabetes (PID) study. Dietary intake before pregnancy was assessed using a modified version of the Block Rapid Food Screener, and leisure time physical activity before pregnancy was assessed using the Baecke questionnaire. Test results from a nonfasting oral GCT conducted between 26 and 28 weeks were abstracted from the medical record. Participants were classified as having a positive GCT if the blood glucose measurement was ≥140 mg/dL and as negative with a blood glucose measurement <140 mg/dL. We constructed a series of multiple logistic regression models, adjusting for potential confounders to determine if prepregnancy dietary intake and leisure activity were associated with response to the GCT. RESULTS: Women with higher prepregnancy leisure activity scores were 68% less likely to have a 1-hour GCT response ≥140mg/dL. However, there was no association between dietary intake and response to the GCT. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that prevention of an abnormal GCT result should include practices to encourage women of reproductive age to engage in leisure physical activity in advance of planning a pregnancy.
OBJECTIVES: To ascertain prepregnancy physical activity and dietary intake from a sample of women in early pregnancy and estimate the effect of prepregnancy lifestyle behaviors on the 1-hour glucose challenge test (GCT). METHODS: We conducted a prospective analysis of a racially diverse urban-based sample of 152 pregnant women in the first trimester who were participants in the Parity, Inflammation and Diabetes (PID) study. Dietary intake before pregnancy was assessed using a modified version of the Block Rapid Food Screener, and leisure time physical activity before pregnancy was assessed using the Baecke questionnaire. Test results from a nonfasting oral GCT conducted between 26 and 28 weeks were abstracted from the medical record. Participants were classified as having a positive GCT if the blood glucose measurement was ≥140 mg/dL and as negative with a blood glucose measurement <140 mg/dL. We constructed a series of multiple logistic regression models, adjusting for potential confounders to determine if prepregnancy dietary intake and leisure activity were associated with response to the GCT. RESULTS:Women with higher prepregnancy leisure activity scores were 68% less likely to have a 1-hour GCT response ≥140mg/dL. However, there was no association between dietary intake and response to the GCT. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that prevention of an abnormal GCT result should include practices to encourage women of reproductive age to engage in leisure physical activity in advance of planning a pregnancy.
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