Diabetes: Control - Slide 4

Common Types of Diabetes

• Gestational Diabetes occurs during pregnancy

  • 5 to 10 % of women with gestational diabetes are found to have type 2 diabetes

  • Increased lifelong risk for mother and child for developing type 2 diabetes

  • 40-60 % women with gestational diabetes will develop diabetes in the next 5 to 10 years

NIDDK, National Diabetes Statistics 2007.
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/

Note:

• Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of glucose intolerance diagnosed in some women during pregnancy.

• 5-10% of women with GDM have type 2 diabetes.

• Women who have had gestational diabetes have an increased lifelong risk and a 40-60% chance of developing type 2 diabetes in the next 5 to 10 years after pregnancy. Their offspring also are at higher risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes compared to other children.

• Gestational diabetes is more common among African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and American Indians and Alaska Natives. It is also more common among obese women and women with a family history of diabetes.

Reference

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. National Diabetes Statistics, 2007. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2008.

Revised November 2008