title: The recurrence rate of gestational diabetes in subsequent pregnancies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To define the recurrence rate of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a subsequent pregnancy and to determine what factors could be predictive.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects of the index pregnancy were 480 personally cared for women with GDM. One hundred women had had a subsequent pregnancy and had been tested for GDM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The recurrence rate of GDM was 35% (95% CI, 25.5-44.5). An increase in weight between the two pregnancies and a higher maternal age and parity were risk associates for a recurrence. A recurrence of GDM was not associated with a higher glucose level, insulin use, or fetal birth weight in the index pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GDM occurs in only one-third of subsequent pregnancies. Those women who had a recurrence of their GDM were older, more parous, and also had an increase in weight between the pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Illawarra Area Health Service, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Moses
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D009517:New South Wales; D010298:Parity; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose