ORCID Profile
0000-0002-0983-3207
Current Organisation
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
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Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-02-2022
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 s ling 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.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 19-12-2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.19.521041
Abstract: The effects of equilibrium and nonequilibrium processes are generally investigated using species richness on a single biological group. However, little is known about how these two classes of processes also affect trait ersity, considering multiple taxa within the same geographical template. Here, we evaluated which variables representing equilibrium (topography, climate, and primary productivity) and nonequilibrium ( ersification rate and evolutionary time) processes best explain species richness and trait ersity of four clades of vertebrates within the same global hotspot. We also investigated how trait disparity has accumulated over time and whether there are congruent spatial patterns between groups. Atlantic Rainforest Contemporary. Terrestrial vertebrates. We tested whether the spatial pattern of Functional Dispersion (FDis), richness, ersification rate, and evolutionary time of each group are correlated. We used a spatially explicit structural equation model to test how species richness and functional dispersion are influenced by variables representing equilibrium and nonequilibrium mechanisms. Additionally, we explored how trait disparity accumulated over time in the four groups. We found that non-equilibrium proxies, evolutionary time and ersification rate, played a primary role in driving species richness and trait ersity, with elevation and climate variables having only an indirect effect species and trait ersity via ersification rate and evolutionary time. We found a congruent pattern of species richness among all groups, except among ectotherms. In contrast, the spatial distribution of evolutionary time was distinct for each group. Despite nonequilibrium processes were more important for generating large-scale ersity patterns within the same geographical template, the interplay between evolutionary time and dispersal ability have disparately determined the assembly of communities.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Location: Brazil
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