BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: @entity6 ( @entity6 ) is associated with negative health effects for mother and @entity1 . The aim was to investigate the association between maternal dietary patterns and @entity6 . SUBJECTS/METHODS: Prospective observational study including 168 pregnant @entity1 aged 18-40 years, recruited at routine 20-week ultrasound. All @entity1 kept a 4-day weighed food record following recruitment (commencement: gestational weeks 19-24). Principal component analysis was used to extract dietary patterns from 29 food groups. A Healthy Eating Index (HEI) was constructed. All @entity1 underwent an oral @entity413 tolerance test in weeks 23-28. RESULTS: One clear dietary pattern (Eigenvalue 2.4) was extracted with positive factor loadings for seafood; eggs; vegetables; fruits and berries; vegetable oils; nuts and seeds; pasta; breakfast cereals; and coffee, tea and @entity6353 powder, and negative factor loadings for soft drinks and French fries. This pattern was labeled a prudent dietary pattern. Explained variance was 8.2%. The prevalence of @entity6 was 2.3% among @entity1 of normal weight before pregnancy (n=86) and 18.3% among overweight/ @entity28 @entity1 (n=82). The prudent dietary pattern was associated with lower risk of @entity6 (OR: 0.54; 95% CI: 0.30, 0.98). When adjusting for age, parity, prepregnancy weight, energy intake, weekly weight gain and total metabolic equivalent of task the association remained (OR: 0.36; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.94). Similar results were found when only including overweight or @entity28 @entity1 (OR: 0.31; 95% CI: 0.13, 0.75). CONCLUSIONS: Adhering to a prudent dietary pattern in pregnancy was clearly associated with lower risk of @entity6 , especially among @entity1 already at higher risk because of overweight/obesity before pregnancy.

Association between healthy maternal dietary pattern and risk for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'child'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['Gestational diabetes mellitus', 'GDM'] @entity6353 :: ('3641', 'Species') :: ['cocoa'] @entity413 :: ('MESH:D005947', 'Chemical') :: ['glucose']
@entity6 :: (MESH:D003920,Disease) :: ['gestational diabetes mellitus']
