A prospective study of pregravid determinants of gestational diabetes mellitus

Article Abstract:

Many of the same risk factors for diabetes appear to increase a woman's risk of gestational diabetes as well. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that is diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Of the 14,613 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study, 772 developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Older age, family history of diabetes, increased weight before pregnancy and cigarette smoking were all associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes. Non-white women also had an increased risk. Women who exercised regularly before pregnancy had a slightly lower risk.

Risk factors, Pregnant women, Diabetes in pregnancy, Gestational diabetes

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A Prospective Study of Folate Intake and the Risk of Breast Cancer

Article Abstract:

Women who drink alcohol can reduce their risk of breast cancer by getting adequate dietary folate. Among 88,818 women in the Nurses' Health Study, 3,483 developed breast cancer during 16 years of follow-up. Dietary surveys completed by the women revealed that among those who drank alcohol every day, the risk of breast cancer was highest in those who consumed the lowest amounts of folate. Increasing folate intake from 300 to 600 micrograms per day lowered the risk of breast cancer 50%. There was no link between folate levels and breast cancer in women who did not drink alcohol.

Folic acid, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)

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Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Cohort Studies

Article Abstract:

Fruit and vegetable consumption does not appear to substantially reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to eight studies that followed 351,825 women altogether. The rate of breast cancer was no different between women with the highest levels of fruit and vegetable consumption versus those with the lowest.

Vegetables, Fruit, Fruits

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