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Clearer evidence is needed to inform appropriate ferritin thresholds and iron supplementation guidelines during pregnancy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To investigate whether first-trimester serum ferritin (SF) concentration is associated with subsequent GDM risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective cohort study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A tertiary obstetrics and gynaecology hospital in Shanghai, China.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 6429 low-risk pregnant women at fewer than 14 weeks of gestation were finally included.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>GDM was diagnosed using a 75\u2009g oral glucose tolerance test according to the criteria established by the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG). Women were stratified by SF concentration into three groups: &lt;30, 30\u201370\u2009and &gt;70\u2009\u00b5g\/L. Logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for GDM, with the 30\u201370\u2009\u00b5g\/L group serving as the reference.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>GDM was diagnosed in 1215\u2009women (18.9%). Elevated SF (&gt;70\u2009\u00b5g\/L) was independently associated with increased GDM risk (adjusted OR 1.27, 95%\u2009CI 1.05 to 1.54) compared with the reference group (30\u201370\u2009\u00b5g\/L). Stratified analysis revealed that the association was significant only in normal-weight women (body mass index (BMI)&lt;24\u2009kg\/m\u00b2; OR 1.46, 95%\u2009CI 1.19 to 1.79), while no significant association was observed in overweight or obese women, indicating effect modification by prepregnancy BMI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Elevated first-trimester SF is independently associated with GDM risk in pregnant women at low-risk, with the association most pronounced among those with normal prepregnancy BMI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-108156","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,21]],"date-time":"2026-07-21T13:40:40Z","timestamp":1784641240000},"page":"e108156","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association of iron status during early pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes: a retrospective cohort study in Shanghai"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2992-5877","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaofeng","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guangsheng","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ganzhou People\u2019s Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lanxin","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huihui","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fengxian Maternity and Child Healthy Centers, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuying","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mi","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbagen.2010.03.011"},{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.117.155838"},{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2020.03.006"},{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.117.156075"},{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ejh.13870"},{"key":"2026072106401998000_16.7.e108156.6","unstructured":"Guideline: daily iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnant women. 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