Objective: To evaluate whether myo-inositol supplementation may reduce gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rate in overweight women. Methods: In an open-label, randomized trial, myo-inositol (2 g plus 200 μg folic acid twice a day) or placebo (200 μg folic acid twice a day) was administered from the first trimester to delivery in pregnant overweight non-obese women (pre-pregnancy body mass index ≥ 25 and < 30 kg/m2). The primary outcome was the incidence of GDM. Results: From January 2012 to December 2014, 220 pregnant women were randomized at two Italian University hospitals, 110 to myo-inositol and 110 to placebo. The incidence of GDM was significantly lower in the myo-inositol group compared to the placebo group (11.6% versus 27.4%, respectively, p = 0.004). Myo-inositol treatment was associated with a 67% risk reduction of developing GDM (OR 0.33; 95% CI 0.15–0.70). Conclusions: Myo-inositol supplementation, administered since early pregnancy, reduces GDM incidence in overweight non-obese women.
Myo-inositol may prevent gestational diabetes onset in overweight women: a randomized, controlled trial / Santamaria, Angelo; Di Benedetto, Antonino; Petrella, Elisabetta; Pintaudi, Basilio; Corrado, Francesco; D’Anna, Rosario; Neri, Isabella; Facchinetti, Fabio. - In: THE JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1476-7058. - STAMPA. - Oct;29(19)(2016), pp. 3234-3237.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Data di prima pubblicazione: | 23-dic-2015 |
Titolo: | Myo-inositol may prevent gestational diabetes onset in overweight women: a randomized, controlled trial |
Autore/i: | Santamaria, Angelo; Di Benedetto, Antonino; Petrella, Elisabetta; Pintaudi, Basilio; Corrado, Francesco; D’Anna, Rosario; Neri, Isabella; Facchinetti, Fabio |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2015.1121478 |
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Volume: | Oct;29(19) |
Pagina iniziale: | 3234 |
Pagina finale: | 3237 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000380131300036 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84951270054 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 26698911 |
Citazione: | Myo-inositol may prevent gestational diabetes onset in overweight women: a randomized, controlled trial / Santamaria, Angelo; Di Benedetto, Antonino; Petrella, Elisabetta; Pintaudi, Basilio; Corrado, Francesco; D’Anna, Rosario; Neri, Isabella; Facchinetti, Fabio. - In: THE JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1476-7058. - STAMPA. - Oct;29(19)(2016), pp. 3234-3237. |
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