Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Is Strongly Associated With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2016113 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Veeral Ajmera · Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

Erica P. Gunderson · Kaiser Permanente

Lisa B. VanWagner · Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

Cora E. Lewis · Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

J. Jeffrey Carr · Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

Norah A. Terrault · Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

Abstract

GDM is a risk marker for NAFLD and represents an opportunity to identify women at risk for NAFLD at a young age and may be mediated by the development of incident DM.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 111, Issue 5, pp. 658-664

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.57

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.44