Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladesh: Findings from Demographic Health Survey 2017–2018

Tapas Mazumder, Ema Akter, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Md. Tauhidul Islam and Mohammad Radwanur Talukder
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Tapas Mazumder: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra 2617, Australia
Ema Akter: Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Syed Moshfiqur Rahman: Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Md. Tauhidul Islam: Health Administration, Policy and Leadership Program, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia
Mohammad Radwanur Talukder: Wellbeing Preventable and Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin 0810, Australia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has serious consequences for both maternal and neonatal health. The growing number of noncommunicable diseases and related risk factors as well as the introduction of new World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria for GDM are likely to impact the GDM prevalence in Bangladesh. Our study aimed to assess the national prevalence and identify the risk factors using the most recent WHO criteria. We used the secondary data of 272 pregnant women (weighted for sampling strategy) from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine the risk factors of GDM. The overall prevalence of GDM in Bangladesh was 35% (95/272). Increased odds of GDM were observed among women living in the urban areas (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.74, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.43–5.27) compared to rural areas and those aged ≥25 years (aOR 2.03, 95% CI 1.13–3.65). GDM rates were less prevalent in the later weeks of pregnancy compared to early weeks. Our study demonstrates that the national prevalence of GDM in Bangladesh is very high, which warrants immediate attention of policy makers, health practitioners, public health researchers, and the community. Context-specific and properly tailored interventions are needed for the prevention and early diagnosis of GDM.

Keywords: GDM; Bangladesh; prevalence; risk factors; diabetes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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