Higher parity is associated with an increased risk of type-II diabetes in Chinese women: The Singapore Chinese Health Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1483-1489

  Mueller, N T ^a   Mueller, N J ^a   Odegaard, A O ^a   Gross, M D ^a   Koh, W P ^b,c   Yuan, J M ^d   Pereira, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; pregnancy; prevention of type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION OF TYPE-II DIABETES;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

EID: 84886873664     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12364     Document Type: Article

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