A comparison of rates, risk factors, and outcomes of gestational diabetes between aboriginal and non-aboriginal women in the Saskatoon Health District

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-493

  Dyck, Roland ^a,b   Klomp, Helena ^a   Tan, Leonard K ^a   Turnell, Roger W ^a   Boctor, Makram A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036513990     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.3.487     Document Type: Review

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