The relationship between husband-reported snoring and gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women

Background: Snoring increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, and hyperinsulinemia. Pregnancy increases the risk of Snoring; however, the relationship between Snoring and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is unclear. Objective We aimed (1) to evaluate GDM prevalence in Snoring patients; (2) to assess the association between husband-reported snoring and GDM in pregnant women. Methods A total of 1193 consecutive women (84.66% soft snoring, 15.34% persistent snoring) in the second trimester of pregnancy underwent a glucose tolerance test. GDM was defined when two or more of the 100-gr oral GTT levels surpassed the ADA criteria. Results Patients with persistent snoring had higher pre-gestational body mass index (BMI) (29.43 ± 5.06 and 28.58 ± 4.78, p = 0.03) than soft snoring, but no differences in mean age (29.53 ± 4.70 vs 29.36 ± 4.25, p = 0.61). mean FBS values are 97.40 ± 18.01 and 93.17 ± 19.17 (P = 0.013), mean 1-hour values is 131.99 ± 28.91 and 141.61 ± 21.85 (P = 0.000), mean 2-hour is 152.99 ± 17.98 and 152.85 ± 21.33 (P = 0.000), and mean3-hour values is 186.02 ± 26.19 and 191.97 ± 27.26 (P = 0.005) for soft and persistent snoring pregnant mothers. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between snoring and GDM (434(43.0%) vs 105(57.4%), RR = 1.34 ,95% CI = 1.16–1.54, P – value = 0.0001) Conclusions GDM prevalence during the second trimester of pregnancy was significantly different in patients with soft snoring than persistent snoring, and associations between snoring and GDM were found. Hence, husband-reported snoring can be helpful as an inexpensive and noninvasive index for screening pregnant women susceptible to GDM.