The burden of gestational diabetes mellitus in Jamaican women with a family history of autosomal dominant type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Family history of early onset autosomal dominant type 2 diabetes appears to increase susceptibility to GDM in Jamaican women. Pregnant women of any age with family history of early onset autosomal type 2 diabetes should be screened for GDM.

The Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

“…Some studies estimated approximately 30% to 70% of recurrence for this disease in future pregnancies (26). In the present study, prevalence of family history of diabetes were calculated as 31%, which is higher than the results of Irving et al (66); they calculated 12% prevalence of gestational diabetes in women with a family history of diabetes (66). Our results suggest that family history of diabetes is a risk factor for gestational diabetes, which is in line with results of Johns et al (67).…”

Acute Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Descriptive Hospital Based-Study

“…There was only one patient in the study with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus this was significantly lower than the 15% found in the population, as the pregnant women were young women. In fact gestational diabetes has been found in only 1.5% such women [32]. The absence of HIV in the cohort is easier to explain since this is not very common in this clinic incidence of about 0.5% [33].…”

Comparison of venous plasma glucose and capillary whole blood glucose in diagnosis of gestational diabetes: Study from Karachi, Pakistan

“…Family history of diabetes mellitus increases the susceptibility to GDM, as high as nine times compared to control group with no positive family history. 21 In a study from Iran, positive family history was [ ( F i g . _ 1 ) T D $ F I G ] [ ( F i g .…”