Parity and the risk of diabetes mellitus among Chinese women: a cross-sectional evidence from the Tongji-Dongfeng cohort study.

Little is known about the long-term health impact of pregnancy on women. The objective of this study was to examine the association between parity and the risk of diabetes among a population of Chinese women.A total of 14,196 women (aged ≥ 45 years) from the Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort study who had expe...

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Main Authors: Yaohua Tian, Lijun Shen, Jing Wu, Weihong Chen, Jing Yuan, Handong Yang, Youjie Wang, Yuan Liang, Tangchun Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126778?pdf=render