Impacts of gestational diabetes on quality of life in Chinese pregnant women in urban Tianjin, China

In the recent three decades, the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has experienced a rapid increase in the world, in particular in Asian countries, due to rapid urbanization and increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyles [1,2]. The increased prevalence of GDM and its associated long-term health outcomes in the mother and offspring has become a high global medical burden [3]. Women with GDM are at higher risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia during the index pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes [4,5], and at markedly increased risk of diabetes [6] and cardiovascular diseases [7] later in life.

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - January 12, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jinnan Liu, Shuting Wang, Junhong Leng, Jing Li, Xiaoxu Huo, Liang Han, Jin Liu, Cuiping Zhang, Juliana C.N. Chan, Zhijie Yu, Gang Hu, Xilin Yang Tags: Original research Source Type: research