Gestational diabetes mellitus and risk of type 2 diabetes 10 years after the index pregnancy in Sri Lankan women-A community based retrospective cohort study.

Himali P HerathRasika HerathRajitha Wickremasinghe

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Women with GDM had a 10-fold higher risk of developing T2DM during a 10-year follow up period as compared to women with no GDM after controlling for other confounding variables.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
type diabetes
glycemic control
pregnant women
polycystic ovary syndrome
insulin resistance
cardiovascular disease
preterm birth
skeletal muscle