Diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

ABSTRACT: Recently proposed international guidelines for screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) recommend additional screening in early pregnancy for sub-populations at a high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), such as indigenous women. However, there are criteria that should be met to ensure the benefits outweigh the risks of population-based screening. This review examines the published evidence for early screening for indigenous women as related to these criteria. Any publications were included that referred to diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States (n = 145). The risk of bias was appraised. There is sufficient evidence describing the epidemiology of diabetes in pregnancy, demonstrating that it imposes a significant di

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3698691 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature