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Impact of smoking on gestational diabetes mellitus and offspring birthweight in primiparous women

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Smoking has been shown to affect glucose homeostasis and increase the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Further, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and smoking are known to influence offspring birthweight.… Click to show full abstract

Smoking has been shown to affect glucose homeostasis and increase the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Further, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and smoking are known to influence offspring birthweight. The effect of smoking on glucose homeostasis in pregnancy is less studied and the findings are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of smoking on risk for GDM and to evaluate the impact of smoking and GDM on offspring birthweight.

Keywords: gestational diabetes; impact smoking; offspring birthweight; smoking gestational; diabetes mellitus; mellitus offspring

Journal Title: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2020

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