Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study
Objectives To examine the associations between glucose levels from the antepartum 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and the 6-week postpartum 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and fatty liver disease (FLD) at 1 year postpartum in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GD...
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| description | Objectives To examine the associations between glucose levels from the antepartum 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and the 6-week postpartum 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and fatty liver disease (FLD) at 1 year postpartum in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Design A prospective cohort study.Setting A tertiary hospital centre in Bangkok, Thailand.Participants A total of 130 women with a history of GDM who underwent liver fat assessment at 1 year postpartum.Outcome measures FLD and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease were assessed at 1 year postpartum, with diagnosis based on transient elastography and specific cardiometabolic criteria. The associations between OGTT glucose values and FLD were evaluated using logistic regression models, adjusted for potential confounders, including age, pre-pregnancy weight, weight and waist circumference at 1 year postpartum and exclusive breastfeeding. Receiver operating characteristic analyses were also conducted to assess the predictive performance of glucose parameters from antepartum and postpartum OGTTs.Results A total of 44 participants (33.8%) were diagnosed with FLD, with 97.7% meeting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease criteria. Elevated fasting plasma glucose levels during pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.49; 95% CI: 0.93 to 3.57), in the early postpartum period (aOR: 1.77; 95% CI: 0.92 to 5.05), or across both periods combined (aOR: 2.16; 95% CI: 0.93 to 7.41) were not independently associated with FLD. In contrast, four abnormal glucose values during pregnancy (aOR: 2.53; 95% CI: 1.03 to 7.87) and two abnormal values on the 6-week postpartum 75 g OGTT (aOR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.06 to 11.20) were independently associated with FLD. The combined presence of abnormal OGTT values from both periods showed the strongest association with FLD (aOR: 3.04; 95% CI: 1.03 to 13.99), demonstrating high specificity (95.3%) but low sensitivity (13.6%).Conclusions Elevated glucose levels from the antepartum 100 g OGTT and the 6 week postpartum 75 g OGTT were associated with FLD at 1 year postpartum in women with a history of GDM. Comprehensive glucose monitoring during and after pregnancy may aid early identification of individuals at higher risk.Trial registration number Thai Clinical Trials Registry: Registration no. TCTR20211027007. Date of registration: 27 October 2021. Date of initial participant enrolment: 1 November 2021. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-697294c1d173469cb8b8a7e675945c462025-08-20T03:53:17ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552025-05-0115510.1136/bmjopen-2024-097114Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort studyChadakarn Phaloprakarn0Supatsri Sethasine1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, ThailandDepartment of Medicine, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, ThailandObjectives To examine the associations between glucose levels from the antepartum 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and the 6-week postpartum 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and fatty liver disease (FLD) at 1 year postpartum in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Design A prospective cohort study.Setting A tertiary hospital centre in Bangkok, Thailand.Participants A total of 130 women with a history of GDM who underwent liver fat assessment at 1 year postpartum.Outcome measures FLD and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease were assessed at 1 year postpartum, with diagnosis based on transient elastography and specific cardiometabolic criteria. The associations between OGTT glucose values and FLD were evaluated using logistic regression models, adjusted for potential confounders, including age, pre-pregnancy weight, weight and waist circumference at 1 year postpartum and exclusive breastfeeding. Receiver operating characteristic analyses were also conducted to assess the predictive performance of glucose parameters from antepartum and postpartum OGTTs.Results A total of 44 participants (33.8%) were diagnosed with FLD, with 97.7% meeting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease criteria. Elevated fasting plasma glucose levels during pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.49; 95% CI: 0.93 to 3.57), in the early postpartum period (aOR: 1.77; 95% CI: 0.92 to 5.05), or across both periods combined (aOR: 2.16; 95% CI: 0.93 to 7.41) were not independently associated with FLD. In contrast, four abnormal glucose values during pregnancy (aOR: 2.53; 95% CI: 1.03 to 7.87) and two abnormal values on the 6-week postpartum 75 g OGTT (aOR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.06 to 11.20) were independently associated with FLD. The combined presence of abnormal OGTT values from both periods showed the strongest association with FLD (aOR: 3.04; 95% CI: 1.03 to 13.99), demonstrating high specificity (95.3%) but low sensitivity (13.6%).Conclusions Elevated glucose levels from the antepartum 100 g OGTT and the 6 week postpartum 75 g OGTT were associated with FLD at 1 year postpartum in women with a history of GDM. Comprehensive glucose monitoring during and after pregnancy may aid early identification of individuals at higher risk.Trial registration number Thai Clinical Trials Registry: Registration no. TCTR20211027007. Date of registration: 27 October 2021. Date of initial participant enrolment: 1 November 2021.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5/e097114.full |
| spellingShingle | Chadakarn Phaloprakarn Supatsri Sethasine Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study BMJ Open |
| title | Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full | Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study |
| title_short | Association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban Thailand: a prospective cohort study |
| title_sort | association between glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus in urban thailand a prospective cohort study |
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