Gestational Diabetes: Risk or Myth?

Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Rationed or Rationally Related to Risk?

The much-anticipated, weather-plagued National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, held in Bethesda,Maryland, 4–6 March 2013, led to publication of a consensus panel report (1) that essentially maintains and promotes the status quo regarding gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) diagnosis. The panel report contradicts current Am...

Gestational Diabetes and Future Risk of Diabetes

BACKGROUND In this study of women with gestational diabetes we attempted to (a) Determine the magnitude of the long term risk of progression to diabetes and (b) Identify factors that predict the development of diabetes. METHODS All women diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GDM) at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, UK from 1995 to 2003 were included in this observational cohort study and followe...

Gestational Diabetes in Korea: Incidence and Risk Factors of Diabetes in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes

Korean women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have a 3.5 times greater risk of developing postpartum diabetes than the general population. The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in early postpartum is reported as 10-15% in Korean women. A prospective follow-up study on Korean women with GDM showed that approximately 40% of women with previous GDM were expected to develop...

Onm-2: Gestational Diabetes

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a common medical complication of pregnancy, is defined as “any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. Risk factors for GDM: a previous GDM or prediabetes, a family history revealing a first degree relative with type 2 diabetes, maternal age(>35 y), ethnic background, being overweight, a previous pregnancy ...

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