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Gestational diabetes mellitus in association with macrosomia in Iran: a meta-analysis

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Abstract

Purpose

This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and occurrence of macrosomia for the first time among Iranian population.

Methods

A systematic review was done of national and international databases. Lists of relevant articles were checked to increase sensitivity of the search reference. Also, access to unpublished articles and documents were accessed by negotiation with related individuals and research centers. These published epidemiological studies (cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies) were used for comparisons to determine whether GDM was associated with macrosomia. Finally, the Mantel-Haenszel method and the fixed and random-effect models based on heterogeneity of the primary studies were used according to pool results and estimate the odds ratio of macrosomia in women with GDM.

Results

Of 1870 articles, thirty relevant articles were eligible for the current meta-analysis. Our findings showed that 335 of 2524 women with GDM had macrosomia while only 775 of 26,592 women without GDM had macrosomia. Using random-effect model, the pooled odds ratio (OR) relation between GDM and occurrence of macrosomia was estimated as of 5.49 (95% CI: 4.27–7.04). Subgroup analysis showed no difference regarding different study designs and definitions of macrosomia. There was no evidence of publication bias based on the result of Egger’s test (β = 0.1, P = 0.70).

Conclusions

This meta-analysis shows that GDM is directly associated with the risk of macrosomia in the Iranian population. This confirms the findings of previous studies in the wider scientific literature.

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Abbreviations

GDM:

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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This work was financially supported by the Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran under Grant number A-10-1304-5.

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  1. Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Clinical Neurology Research Center, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Reza Tabrizi & Maryam Akbari

  2. Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

    Zatollah Asemi

  3. Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Kamran B. Lankarani

  4. Department of Epidemiology, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

    Seyed Reza Khatibi

  5. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Ahmad Naghibzadeh-Tahami & Hosniyeh Alizadeh

  6. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mojgan Sanjari

  7. Faculty of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

    Mahdi Afshari

  8. Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

    Mahmoud Khodadost

  9. Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Mahmood Moosazadeh

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Tabrizi, R., Asemi, Z., Lankarani, K.B. et al. Gestational diabetes mellitus in association with macrosomia in Iran: a meta-analysis. J Diabetes Metab Disord 18, 41–50 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-019-00388-0

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  • Gestational diabetes mellitus
  • Macrosomia
  • Meta-analysis
  • Systematic review