Risk Factors for Gestational diabetes
A wide variety of risk factors are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus which can affect both mother and the fetus.
The risk factors associated with mother include:
- Delivering over the age of 30 years
- Family history of diabetes
- Previously given birth to a large child
- Previously given birth to a stillborn child
- Having too much amniotic fluid
- Having gestational diabetes in previous pregnancy
The risk factors associated with the fetus include:1,2
- Increased rates of perinatal mortality
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Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date last updated: April 05, 2012