A woman's BMI can indicate the likelihood of a woman developing diabetes during pregnancy seven years before she her pregnancy.
This can be undertaken by regularly assessed measures of blood sugar as well as body weight .
American researchers studied women who went on to have another subsequent pregnancy and compared those who developed gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy to those who did not develop GDM.
GDM heightens alongside several adverse risk factors usually related to diabetes and heart disease . These factors include hypertension, high blood sugar levels and being overweight prior to pregnancy.
Regular checks of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and body weight can enable clinicians to identify high-risk women to target for prevention or early management of GDM.
BMI Indicates Diabetes Later in Life
Fri, 27 May 2011
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