Red flags point to type 2 diabetes after pregnancy

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    Australian researchers have identified a cluster of factors that significantly increase a woman’s chances of developing full-blown type 2 diabetes if she has diabetes while she is pregnant.

    Their study found that women with gestational diabetes who also have at least four metabolic risk factors such as high blood glucose, high blood pressure, BMI over 30, low HDL levels and high triglyceride levels are six times more to have type 2 diabetes within 10 years, compared to women without the additional risk factors.

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    http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/06/04/3773478.htm

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