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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Risk factors for gestational diabetes include: | Risk factors for gestational diabetes include: | ||
* A [[Family history (medicine)|family history]] of | * A [[Family history (medicine)|family history]] of diabetes especially in first degree relatives | ||
* Maternal age | * Maternal age >25 yrs | ||
* | * Certain ethnic groups (Native American, Hispanic-American, African-American, South or East Asian, Pacific Islander) | ||
* | * Body mass index greater than 25 kg/m<sup>2</sup> | ||
* Gestational diabetes in | * Gestational diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance test in previous pregnancies | ||
* | * Previous delivery of a baby >9 kg | ||
* | * Personal history of [[impaired glucose tolerance]] or [[impared fasting glucose]] (pre-diabetes) | ||
* | * Glycosuria at the first prenatal visit | ||
* [[Polyhydramnios (patient information)|Polyhydraminos]] | * [[Polyhydramnios (patient information)|Polyhydraminos]] | ||
* | * Previous history of unexplained [[miscarriage (patient information)|miscarriage]] or [[stillbirth]] | ||
* Smoking doubles the risk of gestational diabetes<ref name=NCBI>{{cite journal | author = Lucinda J. England , Richard J. Levine, Cong Qian, Lisa M. Soule, Enrique F. Schisterman, Kai F. Yu and Patrick M. Catalano | title = [http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/160/12/1205 Glucose Tolerance and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Nulliparous Women Who Smoke during Pregnancy], | journal =American Journal of Epidemiology | volume = | issue = | pages = | year = 2004}}</ref> | * Smoking doubles the risk of gestational diabetes<ref name=NCBI>{{cite journal | author = Lucinda J. England , Richard J. Levine, Cong Qian, Lisa M. Soule, Enrique F. Schisterman, Kai F. Yu and Patrick M. Catalano | title = [http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/160/12/1205 Glucose Tolerance and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Nulliparous Women Who Smoke during Pregnancy], | journal =American Journal of Epidemiology | volume = | issue = | pages = | year = 2004}}</ref> | ||
* Multiple gestation | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Risk Factors
Risk factors for gestational diabetes include:
- A family history of diabetes especially in first degree relatives
- Maternal age >25 yrs
- Certain ethnic groups (Native American, Hispanic-American, African-American, South or East Asian, Pacific Islander)
- Body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2
- Gestational diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance test in previous pregnancies
- Previous delivery of a baby >9 kg
- Personal history of impaired glucose tolerance or impared fasting glucose (pre-diabetes)
- Glycosuria at the first prenatal visit
- Polyhydraminos
- Previous history of unexplained miscarriage or stillbirth
- Smoking doubles the risk of gestational diabetes[1]
- Multiple gestation
References
- ↑ Lucinda J. England , Richard J. Levine, Cong Qian, Lisa M. Soule, Enrique F. Schisterman, Kai F. Yu and Patrick M. Catalano (2004). "Glucose Tolerance and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Nulliparous Women Who Smoke during Pregnancy,". American Journal of Epidemiology. External link in
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