title: Reclassification after delivery of diabetes in pregnancy.
abstract: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) constitutes a risk factor for the development of non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The search for parameters to provide discrimination between a high risk and a low risk for future development of NIDDM is today the aim of many investigations. The absence or presence of several factors such as glycemia during pregnancy and post partum, the need for insulin treatment, disorders of the pancreatic insulin secretion, the number of pregnancies, maternal obesity, the early diagnosis of GDM, the family history of diabetes mellitus, the race and immune disorders give rise to a very high relative risk (RR) of developing NIDDM. To know the degree of risk will allow a future appropriate clinical intervention to reduce the incidence of NIDDM and its economic cost.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, University of Granada Hospital, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Escobar-Jiménez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lobón-Hernández
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lopez-Medina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Jiménez
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernández-Soto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barredo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Campos Pastor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barranco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Diosdado
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Dios Luna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000145:classification*; D012307:Risk Factors