Gestational diabetes mellitus in five ethnic groups: A comparison of their clinical characteristics

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-371

  Wong, V W ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Ethnic differences; Gestational diabetes; Insulin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857352976     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03439.x     Document Type: Article

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