Nationwide cohort study shows gestational diabetes increases diabetic retinopathy risk in women, suggesting improved screening strategies.
This large population-based study identified GDM as significant risk factor for DR in parous women with diabetes, a risk that increased with increasing GDM severity and postpregnancy hypertension development. On the basis of this study, planning of DR screening strategies should include awareness of GDM history.
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