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SUBMITTER: Martis R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7100550 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martis Ruth R Brown Julie J Alsweiler Jane J Crawford Tineke J TJ Crowther Caroline A CA
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20160407
<h4>Background</h4>Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has major short- and long-term implications for both the mother and her baby. GDM is defined as a carbohydrate intolerance resulting in hyperglycaemia or any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy from 24 weeks' gestation onwards and which resolves following the birth of the baby. Rates for GDM can be as high as 25% depending on the population and diagnostic criteria used and rates are increasing globa ...[more]