Does First Nations ancestry modify the association between gestational diabetes and subsequent diabetes: a historical prospective cohort study among women in Manitoba, Canada

• Published in: Diabetic Medicine
• Main Authors: Shen, G. X., Shafer, L. A., Martens, P. J., Sellers, E., Torshizi, A. A., Ludwig, S., Phillips‐Beck, W., Heaman, M., Prior, H. J., McGavock, J., Morris, M., Dart, A. B., Campbell, R., Dean, H. J.
• Other Authors: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.12962; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fdme.12962; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/dme.12962

Abstract Background Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of diabetes has steadily increased among Canadians, and is particularly evident among First Nations ( FN ) women. The interplay between FN ancestry, gestational diabetes and the development of subsequent diabetes among mothers remains unclea...