Prediction of women's long-term cardiometabolic risks using glycemic indices during pregnancy.

Aims: To study the prediction of abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT), diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Chinese women using glycemic indices in the mid-trimester of pregnancy.

Methods: A cohort of Chinese women who had had either normal glucose tolerance or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during a pregnancy were assessed at a median of 8 and 15 years post-delivery. All women underwent a 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) and a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test in the mid-trimester of the index pregnancy.

Cardiometabolic risk in Chinese women with prior gestational diabetes: a 15-year follow-up study.

Aims: The progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and other long-term cardiometabolic risks in Chinese women with prior history of gestational diabetes (GD) was studied at 15 years postpartum.

Methods: 139 Chinese women (45 with GD and 94 with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) at the index pregnancy) who had their insulin sensitivity and β-cell functions examined at 8 years postpartum were again followed up at 15 years for the investigation of the rate of type 2 DM, hypertension and metabolic syndrome.

Results: Women with prior history of GD had a significantly higher rate of hypertension (35.

Glucose intolerance and cardiometabolic risk in children exposed to maternal gestational diabetes mellitus in utero.

Objective: The goal was to examine the carbohydrate tolerance and cardiometabolic risk among children exposed to maternal gestational diabetes mellitus in utero.

Methods: In this study, 164 Chinese children whose mothers had participated in a previous study on the screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (63 had gestational diabetes mellitus and 101 had normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancies) underwent follow-up evaluations at a median age of 8 years (range: 7-10 years). Children's weight, height, hip and waist circumferences, and blood pressure were measured, and weight-adjusted oral glucose tolerance tests were performed.

Erectile dysfunction predicts coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes.

Objectives: We examined the predictive power of erectile dysfunction (ED) on coronary heart disease (CHD) events in Chinese men with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Subjects with diabetes are prone to develop cardiovascular complications. Erectile dysfunction is strongly associated with CHD in cross-sectional studies, but prospective data are lacking.

High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong Chinese--comparison of three diagnostic criteria.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR) and National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panels had introduced definitions for the metabolic syndrome (MES). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of MES in a working population in Hong Kong using the three definitions for MES and compare their relative significance. The data are obtained from a prevalence survey for glucose intolerance and lipid abnormality in a Hong Kong Chinese working population.