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Study shows increasing prevalence of GDM.(Obstetrics)(gestational diabetes mellitus)(Brief Article)
Gestational diabetes is on the rise. The finding is not surprising given the dramatic increases in obesity and type 2 diabetes in recent years, but until now few studies have examined trends in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in populations other than the Pima Indians, reported Dana Dabelea, M.D., of the University of Colorado, Denver, and her associates (Diabetes Care 2005;28:579-84).
The findings from Kaiser Permanente of Colorado's perinatal database include all 36,403 pregnancies among 30,216 initially nondiabetic women who delivered singleton infants from 1994 to 2002 and had been screened at 24-28 weeks by the same protocol: a 1-hour 50-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), followed by a diagnostic 3-hour 100-g OGTT among those with glucose values at or above 140 mg/dL on the 50-g test.
A total of 1,183 pregnancies were complicated by GDM from 1994 to 2002. The prevalence of ...
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- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Tucker, Miriam E. November 15, 2007 700+ words
...treating all women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus for GDM early in their subsequent pregnancies...Diabetes. Recurrence rates of GDM in subsequent pregnancies among...population, the greater the GDM recurrence rate. And among women...
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- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Tucker, Miriam E. December 1, 2007 700+ words
...Treating all women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus for GDM early in their subsequent pregnancies...OMITTED] Recurrence rates of GDM range from about 30% to 70...population, the greater the GDM recurrence rate. And among women...
- Irish diabetes nurse specialists association a DSN working with gestational...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Diabetes Nursing Coffey, Mary March 1, 2002 700+ words
...type 2) and those diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational diabetes mellitus The issue of gestational diabetes is still a controversial one...throughout the pregnancy. Criteria for GDM Our selection criteria are on...
- gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
- Reference information from: The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia October 1, 1996 700+ words
...Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a damaged ability to process carbohydrate...insulin by the placenta plays a role in causing gestational diabetes. See also diabetes mellitus. The ideas...
- New gestational diabetes findings from Seoul National University, Department of...
- Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week September 1, 2008 700+ words
...report (see also Gestational Diabetes). "We investigated...17), NGT after GDM (GDM-NGT, n...higher only in the GDM-NGT and GDM-IGT groups, whereas...women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus. Journal...
- Researchers from University of Cagliari report details of new studies and...
- Newspaper article from: Obesity & Diabetes Week October 6, 2008 700+ words
...prevalence (22.3%) of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was recently reported...high prevalence of GDM in Sardinia," wrote...Cagliari (see also Gestational Diabetes). The researchers...adequate to predict GDM in our population...
- Excess weight tied to 46% of gestational diabetes cases.(ENDOCRINOLOGY)(Report)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Tucker, Miriam E. July 1, 2009 700+ words
...the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Shin Y. Kim...The probability of GDM increases with increasing...the proportions of gestational diabetes cases attributable...or greater had a GDM risk equal to that...
- Exess weight tied to 46% of gestational diabetes.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Tucker, Miriam E. July 1, 2009 700+ words
...the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), Shin Y. Kim...The probability of GDM increases with increasing...the proportions of gestational diabetes cases attributable...or greater had a GDM risk equal to that...
Source: HighBeam Research, Study shows increasing prevalence of GDM.(Obstetrics)(gestational...