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The Association Between Diabetes Mellitus Among American Indian/Alaska Native Populations with Preterm Birth in Eight US States from 2004–2011

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Abstract

Objectives

Assess risk of preterm birth associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) among American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), a population with increased risk of DM and preterm birth, and examine whether this association differed by state of residence.

Methods

We used surveillance data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System from 12,400 AI/AN respondents with singleton births in Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, and Washington from 2004–2011. We conducted multivariable logistic regression models to estimate the odds ratio adjusted for maternal age and prepregnancy BMI with all observations and then stratified by state.

Results

DM was reported in 5.92 % of the study population and preterm birth occurred in 8.95 % of births. Women with DM had 1.92 times higher odds of having a preterm birth than women without DM [95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.21–2.78]. After stratifying on state, women with DM in Nebraska had the greatest odds of preterm birth [aOR 6.63, (95 % CI 3.80–11.6)] while women in Alaska saw a protective effect from DM [aOR 0.17, (95 % CI 0.07–0.42)] compared to women without DM.

Conclusion

Overall, AI/AN women with DM had significantly greater odds of preterm birth compared to AI/AN women without DM across states. Substantial differences in this association between states calls for increased public health efforts in high-risk areas as well as further research to assess whether differences are attributable to diagnosis, reporting, tribal, healthcare or lifestyle factors.

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My coauthors for their collaborations. Brian Morrow for his assistance and expertise. Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, and Washington PRAMS working group and CDC for sharing this data.

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Dorfman, H., Srinath, M., Rockhill, K. et al. The Association Between Diabetes Mellitus Among American Indian/Alaska Native Populations with Preterm Birth in Eight US States from 2004–2011. Matern Child Health J 19, 2419–2428 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1761-7

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