An analysis of the interrelationship between maternal age, body mass index and racial origin in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-282

  Makgoba, M ^a   Savvidou, M D ^a   Steer, P J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; gestational diabetes mellitus; interrelationship; maternal age; maternal racial origin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855902634     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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