CMAJ July 29, 2008; 179 (3). doi:10.1503/cmaj.080012.
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Risk of development of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of gestational diabetes
Denice S. Feig, MD MSc,
Bernard Zinman, MD,
Xuesong Wang, MSc and
Janet E. Hux, MD MSc
From the Department of Medicine (Feig, Zinman, Hux), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Division of Endocrinology (Feig, Zinman), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (Wang, Hux), Toronto, Ont.

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Figure 1: Identification of cohort (using a national database of hospital discharge information prepared by the Canadian Institute for Health Information) and loss to follow-up.
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Figure 3: Cumulative incidence rate of diabetes mellitus for women with gestational diabetes by year group.
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