Women with a high level of abdominal fat during the first trimester of pregnancy have a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes later on during pregnancy, according to a new study.
Researchers measured the abdominal fat of 485 women during the end of their first trimester (11 – 14 weeks), and later measured their oral glucose tolerance (24 – 28 weeks), an indicator of diabetes. The authors adjusted the results to account for maternal age, ethnicity, family history of diabetes, and BMI.
Original research paper published in Diabetes Care on November 2, 2015.
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