Female fetuses exposed to tobacco smoke may have increased diabetes risk in middle age

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/tes-ffe030615.php

Public Release: 7-Mar-2015
The Endocrine Society

A fetus exposed to tobacco smoke may be at increased risk for diabetes in adulthood, a new study of adult daughters finds. The results will be presented in a poster Saturday, March 7, at ENDO 2015, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Diego.

Women whose parents smoked during pregnancy had increased risk of diabetes mellitus independent of known risk factors, adding to the evidence that prenatal environmental chemical exposures can contribute to adult diabetes mellitus.

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