Consequences of gestational diabetes in an urban hospital in Viet Nam: a prospective cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing and is a risk for type 2 diabetes. Evidence supporting screening comes mostly from high-income countries. We aimed to determine prevalence and outcomes in urban Viet Nam. We compared the proposed International Association of the Diabetes...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jane E Hirst, Thach S Tran, My An T Do, Jonathan M Morris, Heather E Jeffery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3404117?pdf=render