Open AccessPhysical Exercise is Associated with Glycemic Control among Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from a Prospective Cohort in Shanghai, China
Author(s) -
Ruiping Wang,
Qiong Yang,
Ting Sun,
Qiang Yan,
Xiaopan Li,
Huan Li,
Yu Lan Tang,
Liang Yang,
Jie Sun,
Bin Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s308287
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , glycemic , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , obstetrics , pregnancy , cohort , cohort study , gestation , endocrinology , genetics , biology
Physical exercise during pregnancy is beneficial to women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but evidence on the association between physical exercise and glycemic control among women with GDM is limited in China. We conducted this study to understand the total exercise times, the percentage of abnormal plasma glucose (PG), and to explore if longer physical exercise is positively associated with a lower percentage of abnormal PG among GDM women.