Women who live in counties with high radon exposure levels had significantly higher odds of developing gestational diabetes.
New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal healthcare.
Yijia Zhang, PhD, with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, and colleagues found in a study of 9107 nulliparous pregnant women that those living in US counties with higher radon levels had higher odds of developing GD than those in counties with lower radon levels The researchers used three radon categories, and the middle level was 1 to < 2 pCi/L.
The researchers also found higher odds of GD in women who had ever smoked who lived in counties with a higher radon level and women living in counties with both higher radon and fine particulate matter air pollutants was too small. “It is time now to move forward and really understand the full implications of radon exposure for health,” they concluded.
Co-author Mary D’Alton, MD, reported serving on the board of directors for Merck for Mothers and as a board member for March for Moms outside the submitted work. Coauthor Becky McNeil, PhD, reported grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study. Coauthors Brian Mercer, PhD; Robert Silver, MD; Samuel Parry, MD; and Ka Kahe, MD, ScD reported grants from the NIH during the conduct of the study.
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