Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Among Asian Women
| Autor: | Cheung Nw, Al-Ali J, Wasmer G |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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China medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Philippines Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Population Ethnic group Medical Records Fetal Macrosomia Asian People Pregnancy Risk Factors Diabetes mellitus Environmental health Diabetes Mellitus Odds Ratio Internal Medicine medicine Humans Risk factor education Fetal Death Retrospective Studies Sri Lanka Advanced and Specialized Nursing Gynecology education.field_of_study Routine screening business.industry Medical record Incidence (epidemiology) Australia Infant Newborn Prenatal Care medicine.disease Abortion Spontaneous Gestational diabetes Diabetes Gestational Vietnam Female business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1935-5548 0149-5992 |
| DOI: | 10.2337/diacare.24.5.955 |
| Popis: | Recent American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend selective screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) based on the presence of risk factors (1). Because there is a high incidence of GDM among certain ethnic groups, ethnicity is included as one of the risk factors during routine screening. Although Asians are included as a high-risk population, there are little data comparing selective testing based on risk factors with the universal 50-g glucose challenge as a means of screening for GDM in this group. Moreover, the risk factors associated with increased risk were largely derived from populations of European extraction, and there are few studies examining this in other populations. We have therefore conducted a study to assess whether the traditional risk factors for GDM apply to women of Asian origin and to determine whether the use of risk factors might be sufficient to select patients for testing. Medical records of … |
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