Michelle Giles1,2, Mary-Ann Davey1, Euan Wallace1. 1. The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 2. Women's and Children's Health, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: An estimated two billion people worldwide live with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Many of these are women of reproductive age. Studies that have examined pregnancy outcomes in women living with HBV have reported conflicting results in relation to the incidence of gestational diabetes (GDM). The aim of this study is to examine if gestational diabetes is more common in women with chronic HBV residing in a non-Asian country DESIGN: Cross sectional study SETTING: Victoria, Australia POPULATION: All singleton births between 2009 and 2017 METHODS: Poisson regression was performed to determine if gestational diabetes is more common in women with HBV compared to women without HBV taking into account other risk factors such as maternal age, body mass index, parity, and country of birth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Gestational diabetes diagnosis in women with chronic HBV infection RESULTS: For women with HBV, the unadjusted incidence risk ratio for GDM was 1.75 (95% CI 1.6, 1.9). After adjusting for region of birth, BMI, parity, age and smoking, the adjusted incidence risk ratio was 1.2 (95% CI 1.1, 1.3) The highest incidence (37.1%) of GDM was in women with HBV and a BMI of >40. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study confirm an association between HBV and GDM. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: An estimated two billion people worldwide live with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Many of these are women of reproductive age. Studies that have examined pregnancy outcomes in women living with HBV have reported conflicting results in relation to the incidence of gestational diabetes (GDM). The aim of this study is to examine if gestational diabetes is more common in women with chronic HBV residing in a non-Asian country DESIGN: Cross sectional study SETTING: Victoria, Australia POPULATION: All singleton births between 2009 and 2017 METHODS: Poisson regression was performed to determine if gestational diabetes is more common in women with HBV compared to women without HBV taking into account other risk factors such as maternal age, body mass index, parity, and country of birth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Gestational diabetes diagnosis in women with chronic HBV infection RESULTS: For women with HBV, the unadjusted incidence risk ratio for GDM was 1.75 (95% CI 1.6, 1.9). After adjusting for region of birth, BMI, parity, age and smoking, the adjusted incidence risk ratio was 1.2 (95% CI 1.1, 1.3) The highest incidence (37.1%) of GDM was in women with HBV and a BMI of >40. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study confirm an association between HBV and GDM. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Keywords:
gestational diabetes; hepatitis B virus; pregnancy