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Smoking increases risk of gestational diabetes in nulliparous women

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 6th, 2005

Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of gestational diabetes in nulliparous women.

"Gestational diabetes mellitus has been associated with adverse maternal and infant outcomes, including preeclampsia and fetal macrosomia. Although cigarette smoking has been associated with increased insulin resistance, its effect on gestational diabetes mellitus risk is uncertain. The authors evaluated the effects of smoking on glucose tolerance in a cohort of pregnant women who participated in the Calcium for Preeclampsia Prevention trial, a randomized study of nulliparous women conducted in five U.S. medical centers from 1992 to 1995," scientists writing in the American...

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