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<div>Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a condition specific to pregnant women without pre-existing Diabetes Mellitus (DM), in which blood glucose levels are raised, i.e. the women become hyperglycaemic.</div> | <div>Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a condition specific to pregnant women without pre-existing Diabetes Mellitus (DM), in which blood glucose levels are raised, i.e. the women become hyperglycaemic. It affects 4-7.5% of all pregnancies <ref name="1" /><ref name="2">Lawreance, J.M., Contereras, R., Chen, W. and Sacks, D.A. (2008) 'Trends in the prevelance of preexisting diabetes mellitus and GDM among a racially/ethnically diverse population of pregnant women, 1999-2005', Diabetes Care, 31(5), 899-904.</ref> and is increasing <ref name="1">Dabelea, D., Snell-Bergeon, J.K., Hartsfield, C.L., Bischoff, K.J., Hamman, R.F., McDuffie, R.S. (2005) 'Increasing Prevelance of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Over Time and by Birth Cohort', Diabetes Care, 28(3), 579-584.</ref> more common among older women, obese women and certain ethnic groups<ref name="2" />. </div> | ||
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Consequences of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus[edit | edit source]
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Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus[edit | edit source]
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