Carbohydrate intake and risk of developing gestational diabetes

Pre-pregnancy dietary carbohydrate intake and risk of developing gestational diabetes in an Australian population

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN69414776

Enrollment

3500

Registered

2017-10-23

Start date

2017-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-08-20

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Conditions

Gestational diabetes Pregnancy and Childbirth Diabetes mellitus arising in pregnancy

Interventions

This study is an analysis using data of the ongoing prospective population-based prospective cohort study: the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH). ALSWH investigates the role of

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants from the young cohort from the ALSWH study with information on dietary intake and pregnancies between 2003 and 2015

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No report of a live birth between 2003 and 2015 2. Missing data on diet 3. Missing data on gestational diabetes diagnosis 4. Implausible energy intake (ratio of reported energy intake and predicted energy requirement 1.44) 5. History of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus prior to GDM diagnosis 6. History of GDM prior to baseline

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Development of gestational diabetes, assessed using questionnaire data about pregnancies that occurred between 2003 and 2015	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026