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High Blood Sugar in Youth Leads to Greater Pregnancy Complication Risk

What: Researchers found that having prediabetes (abnormally high blood sugars) in youth could lead to “an 18 percent increased risk of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, such as gestational hypertension and preeclampsia, or preterm delivery.”

Why it matters: “’The lack of uniform preconception prediabetes treatment guidelines for adolescents may represent a missed opportunity to avert pregnancy-related complications,’ said corresponding author Katharine McCarthy, PhD, MPH… ‘Our results support expanded preconception hemoglobin A1c screening as a mechanism to intervene on excess cardiometabolic risk earlier in the life course.’”

Source: The Mount Sinai Hospital (https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058763)

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