Increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with higher prepregnancy ambient PM 2.5 exposure

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 730; p. 138982
• Main Authors: Zhang, Mingzhi, Wang, Xu, Yang, Xu, Dong, Tianyu, Hu, Weiyue, Guan, Quanquan, Tun, Hein M, Chen, Yi, Chen, Rui, Sun, Zhiwei, Chen, Ting, Xia, Yankai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 03.05.2020
• Subjects: Gestational diabetes mellitus; PM(2.5); Preconception; Fasting glucose

Air pollution is a serious environmental problem in China. This study was designed to investigate whether exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM ) before pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and fasting glucose in China. We recruited subj...