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Prevalence of GDM

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Gestational Diabetes During and After Pregnancy

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This chapter summarizes the methodological challenges inherent in the surveillance of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the comparisons of trends in GDM across various studies and populations. The results of selected studies that examined the prevalence or incidence of GDM using data from population-based studies are compared both in terms of methodology and study results. Population-based studies of the trends in GDM have been conducted using samples from national databases, from specific metropolitan areas and regions, states and provinces, and from managed health care organization enrollees. The way in which GDM is defined clinically, case definitions based on different blood glucose value thresholds, and differences in the types of data used to construct both the numerators and denominators to examine trends in GDM can contribute to differences in results across these population-based studies. The racial and ethnic composition of the populations being studied as well as the age distribution of the women giving birth also has a significant impact on the trends observed in these populations.

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Lawrence, J.M. (2010). Prevalence of GDM. In: Kim, C., Ferrara, A. (eds) Gestational Diabetes During and After Pregnancy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-120-0_4

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