Women with a history of gestational diabetes of European and South Asian origin are shorter than women with normal glucose tolerance in pregnancy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 792-797

  Kousta, E ^a   Lawrence, N J ^a   Penny, A ^a   Millauer, B A ^a   Robinson, S ^a   Johnston, D G ^a   McCarthy, M I ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gestational diabetes; Short stature

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; SHORT STATURE;

ADULT; ASIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LONDON; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034532853     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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