Mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy and risk of cardiovascular disease: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women commonly receive screening for gestational diabetes mellitus by use of a 50 g glucose challenge test, followed by a diagnostic oral glucose tolerance test for those whose glucose challenge test result is abnormal. Although women with gestational diabetes have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, it is not known whether mild glucose intolerance during pregnancy is also associated with cardiovascular disease. Thus, we sought to determine whether pregnant women with an abnormal glucose challenge test result but without gestational diabetes have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study that included all women in Ontario aged 20-49 years with live deliveries between April 1994

SUBMITTER: Retnakaran R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2742157 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature