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Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010) Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 26 October 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2010). Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies. AIHW, 2010.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies. Canberra: AIHW; 2010.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010, Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies, AIHW, Canberra.
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Diabetes is known to adversely affect women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and delivery. These adverse effects differ by type of diabetes and between population groups. This report is the first to explore these differences among Australian mothers and their babies at a national level, showing that: diabetes affects about 1 in 20 pregnancies; mothers with pre-existing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and their babies, are at highest risk of adverse effects; mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus, and their babies, are also at increased risk; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and their babies are more likely to experience adverse effects than non-Indigenous mothers and their babies. This report is a useful resource for policymakers, researchers, clinicians and others interested in the effect of diabetes on the health of Australian mothers and their babies.
In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers GDM was twice as common when compared to non-Indigenous mothers
Babies of mothers with pre-existing diabetes had higher rates of complications such as stillbirth and pre-term birth
Babies of mothers with Type 2 diabetes were more likely to be stillborn than babies of mothers with Type 1 diabetes
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affected about 5% of pregnancies
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Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies