Effect of multiparity and ethnicity on the risk of development of diabetes: a large population-based cohort study.
B AlmahmeedBaiju R ShahG MukerjiV LingGillian Lynn BoothDenice S FeigPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2017)
There was a positive and graded relationship between increasing parity and risk of development of diabetes. The influence of parity was seen in all ethnicities. This association may be partly related to increasing weight gain and retention with increasing parity, or deterioration in β-cell function. This merits further exploration.