Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Gestational

OBJECTIVEdTo examine whether the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and BMI category varies by racial/ethnic group. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSdIn a cohort of 123,040 women without rec-ognized pregravid diabetes who delivered babies between 1995 and 2006 at Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, we examined racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of GDM by BMI category and the population-attributable risk (PAR) associated with overweight/obesity. RESULTSdAmong all racial/ethnic groups, the age-adjusted prevalence of GDM increase