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Diabetes during pregnancy linked to heart disease risk – Sify News
New York, Feb 1 (IANS) Expecting mothers, take note. A new study indicates that diabetes during pregnancy may increase the risk of heart disease.
“We were surprised to discover that women with a history of gestational diabetes are at a significantly greater risk of heart artery calcification, even if they maintain normal blood sugar levels after pregnancy,” said co-author Erica P. Gunderson from Kaiser Permanente in California, US.
For the study, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the team enrolled approximately 1,100 women without Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who subsequently gave birth at least once during…
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