Chinese-American and Korean-American women at highest risk for diabetes in pregnancy

A new study found more than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy. The first of its kind, the 10-year study of 16,757 women and 22,110 pregnancies in Hawaii found that Chinese-American and Korean-American women’s gestational diabetes risk is one-third higher than average — and more than double that of Caucasian and African-American women.