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* A previous pregnancy which resulted in a child with a birth weight of 9 pounds or more | * A previous pregnancy which resulted in a child with a birth weight of 9 pounds or more | ||
* If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, [[impaired glucose tolerance]], or [[impared fasting glucose]] | * If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, [[impaired glucose tolerance]], or [[impared fasting glucose]] | ||
* | * [[hypertension (patient information)|High blood pressure]] | ||
* | * [[Polyhydramnios (patient information)|Polyhydraminos]] | ||
* | * 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> | ||
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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 type 2 diabetes
- Maternal age - a woman's risk factor increases the older she is
- Ethnic background (those with higher risk factors include African-Americans, North American native peoples and Hispanics)
- Obesity
- Gestational diabetes in a previous pregnancy
- A previous pregnancy which resulted in a child with a birth weight of 9 pounds or more
- If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, or impared fasting glucose
- High blood pressure
- Polyhydraminos
- Unexplained miscarriage or stillbirth
- Smoking doubles the risk of gestational diabetes[1]
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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