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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2019

Nutritional Supplementation for the Prevention and/or Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Jasmine F Plows, Clare M Reynolds, Mark H Vickers, Philip N Baker, Joanna L Stanley

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Probiotics for preventing gestational diabetes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  19. Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus History on Future Pregnancy Behaviors: The Mutaba'ah Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jasmine F PlowsChildren's Hospital Los Angeles, 4641 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA. jplows@chla.usc.edu.
Clare M ReynoldsLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Grafton, 1021, Auckland, New Zealand.
Mark H VickersLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Grafton, 1021, Auckland, New Zealand.
Philip N BakerUniversity of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.
Joanna L StanleyLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Grafton, 1021, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · USUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common pregnancy complication that has short- and long-term health implications for both the mother and child. While lifestyle modifications, insulin therapy, and oral agents such as metformin are effective, they can be difficult to adhere to, and there remain concerns over long-term effects of oral agents on the infant. Further, GDM has no proven preventive strategies, which could be more effective than treatment postdiagnosis. Nutritional supplements are an appealing, potentially safer, and better tolerated alternative to pharmaceuticals to treat and/or prevent GDM. Here, we review the existing evidence for nutritional supplementation for treatment and prevention of GDM. RECENT

findingsThere is limited evidence that myo-inositol, vitamins D and B6, magnesium, selenium, zinc, fatty acids, and probiotics might be beneficial for the prevention or treatment of GDM. There are very few studies for each nutrient, and the existing studies tend to have few participants. Where multiple studies of a nutrient exist, often those studies were conducted within the same country, limiting the generalizability of the findings, or alternatively there was no consensus across findings. There is limited evidence that nutritional supplementation of myo-inositol, vitamins D and B6, magnesium, selenium, zinc, fatty acids, and probiotics could improve glycemic control or prevent GDM. Our understanding is constrained by the small number of studies, small sample sizes in most studies, and by lack of consistency across findings. Further large, high-quality, randomized controlled trials are required to determine the efficacy of nutritional supplements to treat or prevent GDM.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsBlood GlucoseChildDiabetes, GestationalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansMicronutrientsPregnancyRisk FactorsBlood GlucoseMicronutrientsDietGestational diabetesNutritionPregnancySupplementation

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PMID31368026
OpenAlexW2965785593

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