Gestational diabetes mellitus is more common in Indian Punjabi women than Swedish women, said a research which studied women from the two countries. AdvertisingScientists led by Dr Geeti Aurora, a physician in Punjab, with colleagues at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, Sweden, assessed 507 Swedish women from Malmö and 4,018 Indian women from the state of Punjab for gestational diabetes. Also Read: Diabetes: Know the symptoms, and keep the disease at bay with these simple lifestyle changesIt is said to be the largest study to date comparing gestational diabetes in Europeans and non-Europeans, and the first study to compare the incidence of gestational diabetes in India with Sweden. Also Read: Diabetes: What you should eat to keep your blood sugar level in controlThe researchers further examined 85 previously known risk genes for gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes. They found that the gene, CRY2, which is of importance to the circadian rhythm, had a protective effect in Indian women but is associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women.

Source: Indian Express May 16, 2019 03:22 UTC