Exposure to Gestational Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes In Utero Increases the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
This study aimed to determine if exposure to gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes during pregnancy increased a child’s risk for type 2 diabetes in their teen years. DREAM scientist Brandy Wicklow and her team also wanted to see if the impact of diabetes exposure in the womb was different between First Nations and non-First nations offspring. Through linking a clinical pediatric diabetes database and a provincial administrative health database they studied 467 850 offsprin