Family history affects gestational diabetes risk
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… diabetes in first-degree relatives may be associated with the risk of a woman developing gestational diabetes.
… The greatest risk was conferred by having a sibling with diabetes. Indeed, women who had a sibling with a history of diabetes were at much greater risk of gestational diabetes than were women whose parents (either or both) had a history of diabetes.
… adjustment for body mass index attenuated the link between paternal diabetes and gestational diabetes but did not affect the association between maternal diabetes and gestational diabetes.
… having a sibling with diabetes “may be a greater risk factor than previously documented” …
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448
