Typ-2-Diabetes und Schwangerschaft

Differences in the Incidence of Gestational Diabetes between Women of Turkish and German Origin: An Analysis of Health Insurance Data From a Statutory Health Insurance in Berlin, Germany (AOK), 2005-2007

“…From the viewpoint of life course epidemiology [4] gestational diabetes also increases the risk of health-related damage in the childʼs later years, such as overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence [5]. The German perinatal registry, which includes almost 99 % of births in German hospitals, reports 22 000 cases of gestational diabetes for the year 2009 (3.4 % of all pregnancies) [6]. An estimated 90 % of all gestational diabetes cases, however, are not detected at all, mainly because there is no routine screening for gestational diabetes as part of prenatal care in Germany [6].…”

“…The German perinatal registry, which includes almost 99 % of births in German hospitals, reports 22 000 cases of gestational diabetes for the year 2009 (3.4 % of all pregnancies) [6]. An estimated 90 % of all gestational diabetes cases, however, are not detected at all, mainly because there is no routine screening for gestational diabetes as part of prenatal care in Germany [6]. The prevalence of gestational diabetes in Germany is estimated to be as high as 8 % [3,7,8].…”