Risk of development of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is generally appreciated that gestational diabetes is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. However, the precise relation between these 2 conditions remains unknown. We sought to determine the incidence of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

Methods

We used a population-based database to identify all deliveries in the province of Ontario over the 7-year period from Apr. 1, 1995, to Mar. 31, 2002. We linked these births to mothers who had been given a diagnosis of gestational diabetes through another administrative database that records people with diabetes on the basis of either physician service claims or hospital admission records. We examined database records for these women from the time of delivery until Mar. 31, 2004, a total of 9 year

SUBMITTER: Feig DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2474881 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature