Gestational Diabetes

Compared with women whose weight remained stable, body mass index gains between the first and second pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the second pregnancy….

A common test to diagnose gestational diabetes — a temporary condition which can harm both mother and child if left untreated — also has predictive power for Type 2 adult-onset diabetes, a new Tel Aviv University study finds…. 

Findings suggest associations of short sleep duration and snoring with glucose intolerance and GDM…. 

Researchers found that, among nearly 140,000 women, Asian women had the highest rate of gestational diabetes, at nearly 7 percent. They were followed by Native American women, at 5.6 percent, and Latina women, at 5 percent…. 

Lower glucose thresholds for gestational diabetes called for by an international consensus panel may double and possibly even triple the number of women diagnosed. 

New blood sugar measurements used to determine gestational diabetes will mean that lower levels may pose risks for mother and baby….

A family history of diabetes increases a woman’s risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new study confirms….

Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.

Some women who test negative for gestational diabetes on glucose challenge and glucose tolerance tests are still at significant risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and hypertension 15 years later. 

Researchers are reporting that treatment of even the mildest forms of gestational diabetes halves the risk of delivering newborns with excess body fat and shoulder dystocia at birth. Treatment also results in fewer cesarean deliveries and a reduction in risk for pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders.