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Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics
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Nutrition, Dietetics
and Nutraceuticals
F e b r u a r y 2 5 - 2 6 , 2 0 1 9
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
World Nutrition 2019
Background and Aims:
Women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus
(GDM (are known to be at increased risk of developing type II diabetes
mellitus. Pregnancy complications and their associated future diseases share
common pathophysiology of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, which
may play an etiologic role in subsequent cardiovascular diseases. Adiposity
and sedentary lifestyle are among prospective causal factors, but information
about dietary risk factors for GDM is scarce in literature. Urgency for early
detection and prevention of the disease necessitates better knowledge of
modifiable risk factors like dietary habits. Therefore, we aimed to investigate
the relationship between dietary intake levels of macro- and micronutrients
with GDM in pregnant women with and without this condition.
Methods:
Fifty pregnant women attending the obstetrics outpatient clinics
at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were randomly
recruited during their screening for GDM between 24 and 28 weeks of
gestation. Twenty five women with GDM were matched for age and gestational
age with women without GDM in a case-control study design. All participants
were subjected to medical history taking, clinical examination and laboratory
investigations. Dietary intake was assessed using a food frequency
questionnaire.
Results:
The majority of the study population were obese according to their
maternal body mass index. GDM patients had significantly higher dietary
intakes of carbohydrates, total fat, saturated fat, and polyunsaturated fatty
acids than women without GDM (p<0.05). Conversely, significantly lower levels
of intakes of vitamin A, vitamin E and selenium were reported by GDM patients
in comparison with their control counterparts (p<0.05).
Conclusions:
Simple measures like encouraging physical activity, changing
dietary patterns, consuming food items rich with antioxidants can contribute
significantly in prevention of GDM. While our findings need to be confirmed by
longitudinal studies, they highlight the potential of the diet to modify the risk
of GDM.
Biography
Eman M Alissa has received her PhD in 2005 from the School
of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey,
UK. Her thesis involves micronutrient status in cardiovascular
diseases. In 2015, she became the Head of the Elemental
Spectroscopy Unit, in King FahadMedical ResearchCenter, King
Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Currently, she is a Professor
at the Clinical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine,
KAU. Her research interests include: micronutrients status
in chronic diseases, nutritional biochemistry, diabetes and
endocrinology. She has published over 60 articles and attended
several conferences where she presented her research work
results and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of
repute.
em_alissa@yahoo.comReduced antioxidants intake in pregnant women with
gestational diabetes: is prevention possible?
Eman M Alissa
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Eman M Alissa, J Clin Nutr Diet 2019, Volume: 5
DOI: 10.4172/2472-1921-C1-006