Researchers from the University of Southern California (USA) found that polluted air increases the risk of developing diabetes in pregnant women. The results of the work of scientists have been published magazine Lancet Regional Health-America (part of the Lancet group).
Gestational diabetes is a disease that is first diagnosed during pregnancy, characterized by hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels). Most of the time, a woman’s glycemia returns to normal after giving birth, but she is at higher risk of developing diabetes in subsequent pregnancies and in the future. Gestational diabetes during pregnancy is a fairly common disease in Russia and the world as a whole. For a child, it often threatens with an increase in birth weight and an increased risk of obesity in the future.
More than 600 women participated in the study, and 60 of them developed the disease. The scientists had the patients’ medical records and demographics, so they knew which neighborhoods they lived in. Analysis of available information showed that exposure to air pollutants was associated with a 5.7-15% increased risk of gestational diabetes due to airborne particles. The most harmful particles were PM 2.5 and PM 10, as well as nitrogen dioxide.
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