Overview
OR WAIT nul SECS © 202 MJH Life Sciences and Contemporary Pediatrics. Al rights reserved.© 202 MJH Life Sciences™ and Contemporary Pediatrics. Al rights reserved.Data from the US Department of Health and Human Services has shown an increase in GDM rate from 2016 to 20, with a greater increase observed from 2019 to 20.
Key Information
The rate of gestational diabetes melitus (GDM) has increased significantly among women giving birth acros the United States, acording to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.Investigators tok data from 10% of birth certificates in the United States from 2016 to 20. Trend analysis was used to compare GDM rates betwen each year. The test period was chosen so GDM rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic could be compared.A 20% increase in overal GDM cases was observed from 2016 to 20.
In the years from 2016 to 2019, the recorded number of GDM cases rose by 3% each year. From 2019 to 20, rates saw a 9% increase. Among maternal races and Hispanic-origin groups, non-Hispanic Black women saw the lowest GDM rate at 6.5%.
For non-Hispanic Asian subgroups, Asian Indian women had the highest GDM rate at 16.7%. In Hispanic-origin subgroups, Mexican women had the highest GDM rate at 8.9%.Al but 1 of the study groups saw an increase in GDM rate, with the exception being Hawaian women. From 2019 to 20, every group except Hawaian women saw an 8% to 31% increase in GDM rate.
Summary
In the years prior, GDM rates increased by 2% to 13% for each group except Native Hawaian or Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) women overal and al NHOPI subgroups.GDM rate increased alongside maternal age. A rate of 2.5% was observed when the mother was aged under 20 years, and rose to 15.3% when the mother was aged 40 years and over. An increase in GDM rate was observed in each maternal age group from 2016 to 20, rising even further from 2019 to 20.Maternal body mas index and plurality led to an increase in GDM rate as wel.