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Rationale, Design, And Method Of The Diabetes & Women’S Health Study – A Study Of Long-Term Health Implications Of Glucose Intolerance In Pregnancy And Their Determinants, Cuilin Zhang, Frank B. Hu, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Allan Vaag, Robert Gore-Langton, Jorge E. Chavarro, Wei Bao, Edwina Yeung, Katherine Bowers, Louise Groth Grunnet, Seth Sherman, Michele Kiely, Marin Strøm, Susanne Hansen, Aiyi Liu, James Mills, Ruzong Fan Nov 2014

Rationale, Design, And Method Of The Diabetes & Women’S Health Study – A Study Of Long-Term Health Implications Of Glucose Intolerance In Pregnancy And Their Determinants, Cuilin Zhang, Frank B. Hu, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Allan Vaag, Robert Gore-Langton, Jorge E. Chavarro, Wei Bao, Edwina Yeung, Katherine Bowers, Louise Groth Grunnet, Seth Sherman, Michele Kiely, Marin Strøm, Susanne Hansen, Aiyi Liu, James Mills, Ruzong Fan

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Women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy are at substantially increased risk for type 2 diabetes and comorbidities after pregnancy. Little is known about the role of genetic factors and their interactions with environmental factors in determining the transition from gestational diabetes mellitus to overt type 2 diabetes mellitus. These critical data gaps served as the impetus for this Diabetes & Women’s Health study with the overall goal of investigating genetic factors and their interactions with risk factors amenable to clinical or public health interventions in relation to the transition of gestational diabetes mellitus to …


Prepregnancy Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Pattern And Risk Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study, Wei Bao, Katherine Bowers, Deirdre K. Tobias, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Jorge Chavarro, Allan Vaag, Michele Kiely, Cuilin Zhang Apr 2014

Prepregnancy Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Pattern And Risk Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study, Wei Bao, Katherine Bowers, Deirdre K. Tobias, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Jorge Chavarro, Allan Vaag, Michele Kiely, Cuilin Zhang

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Background: Low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) have been vastly popular for weight loss. The association between a low-carbohydrate dietary pattern and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains unknown.

Objective: We aimed to prospectively examine the association of 3 prepregnancy low-carbohydrate dietary patterns with risk of GDM.

Design: We included 21,411 singleton pregnancies in the Nurses’ Health Study II. Prepregnancy LCD scores were calculated from validated food-frequency questionnaires, including an overall LCD score on the basis of intakes of carbohydrate, total protein, and total fat; an animal LCD score on the basis of intakes of carbohydrate, animal protein, and animal …