Background: The reasons for the increased risk of gestational diabetes among South Asian
women are not well understood. We sought to identify the determinants of gestational …

Objective: To determine the association between Chinese or South Asian ethnicity and
adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes compared to …

Diabet. Med. 29, 366–371 (2012) Abstract Aims The prevalence of gestational diabetes
mellitus has been shown to vary between ethnic groups. The differences in the clinical …

Aims To quantify short and long-term outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
among South Asians. Methods Prospective cohort-study in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka …

Background In addition to increasing the risk of adverse birth outcomes, diabetes in
pregnancy is thought to be an important driver of the epidemic of type 2 diabetes affecting …

Background Gestational diabetes is associated with a high risk of type 2 diabetes. However,
progression rates among Indigenous women in Australia who experience high prevalence …

There has been a marked increase in the prevalence of diabetes in Asia over recent years.
Diabetes complicating pregnancy, in particular gestational diabetes, has also increased …

Ethnicity is defined as “belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural
tradition”. Membership of certain ethnic groups has long been associated with increased risk …

Background The number of patients with diabetes is growing worldwide. In particular this
increase, most pronounced for type 2 diabetes, affects South-Asians. In Norway pregnant …

Background There is considerable geographic variation in gestational diabetes mellitus
(GDM) rates. We used data from two Canadian provinces, British Columbia (BC) and Alberta …