Association of community-level food insecurity and glycemic control among pregnant individuals with pregestational diabetes

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AIM: To evaluate whether pregnant individuals with pregestational diabetes who live in a food-insecure community have worse glycemic control compared to those who do not live in a food-insecure community.

METHODS: A retrospective analysis of pregnant individuals with pregestational diabetes enrolled in a multidisciplinary prenatal and diabetes care program. The exposure was community-level food insecurity per the Food Access Research Atlas. The outcomes were hemoglobin A1c (A1c) < 6.0 % in early and late pregnancy, and an absolute decrease in A1c ≥ 2.0 % and mean change in A1c across pregnancy.

RESULTS: Among 418 assessed pregnant individuals with pregestational diabetes, those living in a food-insecure community were less likely to have an A1c < 6.0 % in early pregnancy compared to those living in a community without food insecurity [16 % vs. 30 %; adjusted risk ratio (aRR): 0.55; 95 % CI: 0.33-0.92]. Individuals living in a food-insecure community were more likely to achieve a decrease in A1c ≥ 2.0 % [35 % vs. 21 %; aRR: 1.55; 95 % CI: 1.06-2.28] and a larger mean decrease in A1c across pregnancy [mean: 1.46 vs. 1.00; adjusted beta: 0.47; 95 % CI: 0.06-0.87)].

CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant individuals with pregestational diabetes who lived in a food-insecure community were less likely to enter pregnancy with glycemic control, but were more likely to have a reduction in A1c and achieve similar A1c status compared to those who lived in a community without food insecurity. Whether interventions that address food insecurity improve glycemic control and consequent perinatal outcomes remains to be studied.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Primary care diabetes - 17(2023), 1 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 73-78

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Venkatesh, Kartik K [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Joshua J [VerfasserIn]
Clark, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Gabbe, Steven G [VerfasserIn]
Landon, Mark B [VerfasserIn]
Thung, Stephen F [VerfasserIn]
Yee, Lynn M [VerfasserIn]
Lynch, Courtney D [VerfasserIn]
Grobman, William A [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Daniel M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes
Food insecurity
Glycated Hemoglobin
Glycemic control
Journal Article
Low food access
Pregestational diabetes
Pregnancy
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 06.02.2023

Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pcd.2022.11.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348932804