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Predominance of a maternal history of diabetes for patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Implications for the intrauterine transmission of diabetes.
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Aug 1997
Moses R, Rodda M, Griffiths R
Abstract excerpt
In Europid populations, patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are more than twice as likely to have a mother than a father with diabetes. We have examined this aspect in an Australian population. For this purpose records of 1,000 consecutive patients with NIDDM were reviewed. A history of diabetes was present in 193 mothers (19.3%) and in only 86 fathers (8.6%) (p < 0.0001). The...
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