Impact of gestational diabetes on the risk of diabetes following pregnancy among Chinese and South Asian women

• Published in: Diabetologia Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 2148 - 2153
• Main Authors: Mukerji, G., Chiu, M., Shah, B. R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.08.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology; Diabetes, Gestational - blood; Diabetes, Gestational - epidemiology; Diabetes, Gestational - ethnology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Human Physiology; Humans; Incidence; Internal Medicine; Maternal Age; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Ontario - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic factors; Womens health; Ontario; Canada; Type 2 diabetes; Gestational diabetes; Asian populations; Ethnic groups; Incidence; Endocrinopathy; Human; Metabolic diseases; Ethnic group; Pregnancy; Risk factor; Chinese; Female

Aims/hypothesis Ethnicity and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are both risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes. However, it is uncertain whether ethnicity modifies the effect of GDM on diabetes risk. We aimed to determine the risk of diabetes following pregnancy with and without GDM...