Sociodemographic correlates of the increasing trend in prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large population of women between 1995 and 2005

Authors :: Anna, Vibeke
Van Der Ploeg, Hidde P.
Cheung, N. Wah
Huxley, Rachel R.
Bauman, Adrian E.
Source :: Diabetes Care. December 2008, Vol. 31 Issue 12, p2288, 6 p.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: OBJECTIVE--Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasingly prevalent risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes in the mother and is responsible for morbidity in the child. To better [...]

Subjects :: Diagnosis
Prevention
Complications and side effects
Research
Risk factors
Demographic aspects
Gestational diabetes -- Complications and side effects -- Diagnosis -- Demographic aspects -- Prevention -- Risk factors -- Research
Type 2 diabetes -- Risk factors -- Prevention -- Complications and side effects -- Research -- Diagnosis
Social class -- Research
Diabetes in pregnancy -- Complications and side effects -- Diagnosis -- Demographic aspects -- Prevention -- Risk factors -- Research
Social classes -- Research

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