一项新的研究表明婴儿的性别或影响母亲患糖尿病的风险，包括妊娠期糖尿病和孕后的2型糖尿病。

Researchers reviewed data from nearly 643,000 women in Canada. The women had their first child between 2000 and 2010.

研究人员回顾了近643000名加拿大妇女，她们在2000年至2010年期间有了第一个孩子。

Women who were carrying a son were more likely to develop gestational diabetes, the researchers said.

男性婴儿的母亲更容易患妊娠糖尿病，研究人员说。

The study was published May 20 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. While it found a link between a baby's gender and a mother's risk of diabetes, the study wasn't designed to prove cause-and-effect.

这项研究发表在五月二十日的《临床内分泌与代谢》杂志，它发现婴儿的性别和母亲患糖尿病的风险之间的联系，然而该研究并没有证明两者之间的因果关系

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"It is thought that gestational diabetes occurs because of a combination of underlying metabolic abnormalities in the mother and temporary metabolic changes that take place during pregnancy," study author Dr. Baiju Shah, of the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, said in a journal news release.

“人们认为妊娠期糖尿病是由于母亲自身的异常代谢和怀孕期间的代谢变化引起的，”研究作者博士Baiju Shah（多伦多大学，Sunnybrook健康科学中心和多伦多临床评估科学研究所）在新闻发布会上说，“我们的研究结果表明，与女性婴儿相比，男性婴儿会导致更大的妊娠相关的代谢变化。”

"Our findings suggest a male fetus leads to greater pregnancy-associated metabolic changes than a female fetus does," Shah added.

但是，如果患有妊娠糖尿病的母亲怀的是女孩，那么她们在孕后更容易得2型糖尿病。研究人员认为这些结果表明这些妇女有更严重的潜在的健康问题，增加了她们的患妊娠糖尿病以及孕后2型糖尿病的可能性。

"Public health programs often focus on how a pregnant mother's health, behavior and physiology can impact the health of her baby. This study, however, suggests that the baby can help us better understand the health of the mother, and can help us predict her risks for future diseases," Shah said.

“公共卫生项目往往关注孕妇的健康，行为和生理对孩子健康的影响。然而，这项研究表明，婴儿也可以帮助我们更好地理解母亲的健康，而且可以帮助我们预测她的未来疾病的风险，”Shah说。

Up to 9 percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.