Jørgen Pedersen
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Jørgen Pedersen (1914–1978) was an Epidemiologist. He is known for his hypothesis concerning the correlation of hyperglycemia during pregnancy and disease in later life.
Life and work
In 1952 he formulated the hypothesis that hyperglycemia in pregnant women might lead to hyperglycemia in their fetuses, causing complications in infancy and later life.[http://www.diabetes-heute.uni-duesseldorf.de/index.html?TextID=3534 Erhöhte Blutzuckerwerte bei Schwangeren gefährden das Kind. Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ)]
Hyperglycemia in pregnancy is associated with unfavorable fetal and neonatal outcomes, since an increased maternal blood sugar value correlated with increased fetal insulin levels and is involved so directly to the development of diabetic foetopathy.[http://www.lkh-rohrbach.at/fileadmin/RO/OEGGG_Leitlinie_GDM_7_5_2010.pdf "LEITLINIE GESTATIONSDIABETES" Univ. Prof. Dr. Bancher-Todesca Dagmar, et al.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102122335/http://www.lkh-rohrbach.at/fileadmin/RO/OEGGG_Leitlinie_GDM_7_5_2010.pdf |date=2014-11-02}} Retrieved 2 November 2014.
To consume sugar, soft drinks and sugary-sweetened foods is significantly positively correlated with a risk of a pathologically increased amount of glucose in the blood and diabetes.[http://www.dge.de/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=870 "Verzehr von Zucker und mit Zucker gesüßten Lebensmitteln und Risiko für Pankreaskrebs"-DGE ] Retrieved 2 November 2014.
The annual Joergen Pedersen Lecture, in honor of Pedersen, has been established by the Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes since 1980.[http://main.dpsghome.org/joomla/index.php/awards-of-the-dpsg/99-the-jorgen-pedersen-lecture The Joergen Pedersen Lecture.]{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}DPSG-Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group. European Association for the Study of Diabetes. 02 March 2017 (cached version). Accessed 18 October 2017.
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