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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Previous studies have found an increased risk of diabetes among Asian couples, which has been attributed to genetics. The results of this study are particularly interesting, since the risk of gestational diabetes was about the same regardless of which person was Asian.
These findings are important for health-care professionals who are counseling women about their pregnancy risks, the researchers said.
"One has to factor in as many relevant variables as possible when you counsel a patient about pregnancy," said El-Sayed. "We've shown in this paper that if you have an interracial couple, depending on which parent is of which race, there may be different relative risks of certain outcomes that could inform and enhance clinical management."
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The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has more about pregnancy risks.
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