Ethnicity and age affect diabetes during pregnancy

Certain ethnic groups and social status of women with low economic risk having diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.

As many as 30% of women who experience gestational diabetes, and will have type 2 diabetes in the next 7-10 years. Thus disclosed Dr. Hidde P. van der Ploeg of the University of Sydney, Australia.

"In some groups, it was even increased by 50% in the last five years," he said.
Dr. Van der Ploeg and team examined data from approximately 950,000 births in New South Wales between the years 1995-2005.

During this period, gestational diabetes generally rose from 3% to 4.4% or an increase of about 45%. The woman who was born in South Asia tend to be four times more risk of developing gestational diabetes than women who were born in Australia. Increasing age is also one of the important risk factors. Compared to women at the age of 20, women aged over 40 years of a six-fold risk of having a pregnancy with diabetes.

Women who have diabetes during pregnancy will be facing a greater risk of type 2 diabetes, ethnic factors and socioeconomic status seems to be one influence the risk of gestational diabetes. The researchers concluded.