Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors and offspring overweight and obesity 5 to 6 years after hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa

Background The number of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing rapidly in Africa, straining already overstretched health systems. The association between hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy (HFDP), which includes both diabetes mellitus in pregnancy (DIP) and gestational di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chivese, Tawanda
Other Authors: Levitt, Naomi S
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33442