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Item #2
Women
with Gestational Diabetes are Not Informed About Future Risk
54%
of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) report never having
been told they were at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes
in later life.
That,
according to analysis of data from the Stockholm Pregnancy and Women's
Nutrition (SPAWN) study.
Researchers
at Huddinge University Hospital in Stockholm report that 58 women were
diagnosed with GDM in 1984-1985, based on a review of the Swedish
medical register. Twenty-eight participated in the current study,
which compared their status at 15 years' follow-up with that of 52
control subjects who were pregnant during the same period.
Ten
women with gestational diabetes had developed type 2 diabetes, while
none of the control subjects had done so, Dr. Yvonne Linné and
associates report in the International Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology for November.
When
asked, 54% of the women with GDM "claimed that they had no idea
that they might run a higher risk than others to develop clinically
manifest type 2 diabetes mellitus at any time after delivery." It
was not possible to tell whether this finding represents selective
memory, inadequate follow-up, or lack of appropriate clinical
routines, Dr. Linné's group notes.
"Preventive
long term follow up programs for GDM women thus seem essential to
develop," they conclude. Int
J Obstet Gynaecol 2002;109:1227-1231.
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FACT
Diabetes
is on the rise. Between 1980 and 1994, the number of persons diagnosed
with diabetes rose by 2.2 million, an increase of 39%. As with other
chronic illnesses, this increase is due to the aging of the U.S.
population, the rising rate of obesity, a greater incidence of
diabetes found among minority groups, and physical inactivity,
especially among women and minority populations.
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