Time trends in preeclampsia and gestational diabetes in Denmark and Alberta, Canada, 2005-2018-A population-based cohort study

© 2023 The Authors. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG)..

INTRODUCTION: Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus share risk factors such as obesity and increased maternal age, which have become more prevalent in recent decades. We examined changes in the prevalence of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes between 2005 and 2018 in Denmark and Alberta, Canada, and investigated whether the observed trends can be explained by changes in maternal age, parity, multiple pregnancy, comorbidity, and body mass index (BMI) over time.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was a register-based cohort study conducted using data from the Danish National Health Registers and the provincial health registers of Alberta, Canada. We included in the study cohort all pregnancies in 2005-2018 resulting in live-born infants and used binomial regression to estimate mean annual increases in the prevalence of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes in the two populations across the study period, adjusted for maternal characteristics.

RESULTS: The study cohorts included 846 127 (Denmark) and 706 728 (Alberta) pregnancies. The prevalence of preeclampsia increased over the study period in Denmark (2.5% to 2.9%) and Alberta (1.7% to 2.5%), with mean annual increases of 0.03 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.02-0.04) and 0.06 (95% CI 0.05-0.07) percentage points, respectively. The prevalence of gestational diabetes also increased in Denmark (1.9% to 4.6%) and Alberta (3.9% to 9.2%), with average annual increases of 0.20 (95% CI 0.19-0.21) and 0.44 (95% CI 0.42-0.45) percentage points. Changes in the distributions of maternal age and BMI contributed to increases in the prevalence of both conditions but could not explain them entirely.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of both preeclampsia and gestational diabetes increased significantly from 2005 to 2018, which portends future increases in chronic disease rates among affected women. Increasing demand for long-term follow up and care will amplify the existing pressure on healthcare systems.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 103(2024), 2 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 266-275

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lihme, Frederikke [VerfasserIn]
Savu, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Basit, Saima [VerfasserIn]
Sia, Winnie [VerfasserIn]
Yeung, Rose [VerfasserIn]
Barrett, Olesya [VerfasserIn]
Luoma, Leiah [VerfasserIn]
Ngwezi, Deliwe P [VerfasserIn]
Davidge, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Norris, Colleen M [VerfasserIn]
Ospina, Maria B [VerfasserIn]
Cooke, Christy-Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Greiner, Russ [VerfasserIn]
Wohlfahrt, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Melbye, Mads [VerfasserIn]
Lykke, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Kaul, Padma [VerfasserIn]
Boyd, Heather A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gestational diabetes
Journal Article
Maternal characteristics
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
Time trends

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Date Completed 30.01.2024

Date Revised 31.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/aogs.14703

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364402164