Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Does a high dietary cholesterol intake increase risk of gestational diabetes mellitus?
Study design:
This review article included 3 cohort studies, 4 cross-sectional studies and 2 case-control studies involving 30,123 participants and 3,237 women with gestational diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus in pregnancy).
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found comparing highest versus lowest category of dietary cholesterol intake, that the highest dietary cholesterol intake significantly increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus with 49% [pooled RR = 1.49, 95% CI = 1.18 to 1.88].
The investigators found in dose-response analysis that the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus significantly increased by 32% [RR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.20 to 1.45] for every increase of 100 mg per day in dietary cholesterol intake.
The investigators concluded a high dietary cholesterol intake (at least 100 mg per day) increases risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Original title:
Dietary Cholesterol Intake and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Gao F and Cui CY.
Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33416437/
Additional information of El Mondo:
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