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Smoking tied to increased risk of gestational diabetes; dose response relationship.(News)
ATLANTA -- One more reason for women to quit smoking is to decrease their risk of gestational diabetes.
In a subgroup analysis of the larger Calcium for Pre-Eclampsia Prevention study conducted in five U.S. medical centers in 1992-1995, 3,774 nulliparous women were screened for gestational diabetes using a 1-hour, 50-g oral glucose challenge. Those whose plasma glucose levels exceeded 140 mg/dL underwent a 3-hour, 100-g oral glucose tolerance test, Dr. Lucinda J. England said at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research.
Smoking history was obtained at study enrollment, which took place between weeks 13 and 21 of gestation. The association between smoking and gestational diabetes was assessed using logistic regression, adjusting for maternal age, race, and body mass index.
The mean adjusted 1-hour glucose level was ...
- Exess weight tied to 46% of gestational diabetes.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Tucker, Miriam E. July 1, 2009 700+ words
...development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM...which a dose-response relationship was not evident...proportions of gestational diabetes cases attributable...and the dose-response relationship is consistent...
- 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
...development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM...which a dose-response relationship was not evident...proportions of gestational diabetes cases attributable...and the dose-response relationship is consistent...
- Gestational diabetes.
- Newspaper article from: National Women's Health Report March 1, 2006 700+ words
...no surprise that the incidence of gestational diabetes--a form of diabetes that occurs...and health insurer, found that gestational diabetes rates doubled among its members...common form of the disease, and gestational diabetes share several risk factors, including...
- Gestational Diabetes
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Carson-DeWitt, Rosalyn; Odle, Teresa January 1, 2006 700+ words
Gestational Diabetes Definition Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet. Gestational...
- PRO & CON: Should screening for gestational diabetes be targeted rather than...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News September 15, 2000 700+ words
...group with a low prevalence of gestational diabetes, have no first-degree relatives...would be missed cases of gestational diabetes if the guidelines were used. What happens when gestational diabetes is missed? In a New York...
- Prenatal health could be key to diabetes prevention. (Health).(effects of...
- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker Petten, Cheryl August 1, 2002 700+ words
...hospital and who were tested for gestational diabetes. Of that total, 252 were Aboriginal...overall percentages showed rates of gestational diabetes for the general population of 3...were 11.5 per cent. The rates of gestational diabetes for women living outside of the...
- Gestational Diabetes.
- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents Darling, Tammy September 1, 1999 700+ words
...Kemp at high risk for developing gestational diabetes while pregnant. (The type of diabetes...during pregnancy, thus the name gestational diabetes). Due to her high risk, Lorraine...since developed Type 2 diabetes." Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose...
- Gestational diabetes lowers VBAC odds. (23% Less Likely to Succeed).
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry June 15, 2002 700+ words
...another C-section if they have gestational diabetes, but their chances of a successful...succeeded in 68% of women with gestational diabetes and in 75% of women without gestational diabetes in a retrospective study of 25...