Gestational diabetes poses extra risk later on for black women

This is some very important information. I hope all women, but especially women of color are getting the proper exams during pregnancy. These exams are so important to the health of the mother and child.

Having diabetes during pregnancy raises the odds of having diabetes later in life, studies have repeatedly shown. But new research on ethnic variations finds the connection is especially true for African American women.

A study of more than 77,000 women from researchers at Kaiser Permanente showed that black women -- although they are less likely to develop gestational diabetes than women in other racial and ethnic groups -- have a much higher risk of having the disease later in life if they experienced the condition during pregnancy. Black women with gestational diabetes were 52% more likely to develop diabetes later compared with white women.

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