Association of Gestational Diabetes With Maternal Disorders of Glucose Metabolism and Childhood Adiposity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The sequelae of gestational diabetes (GD) by contemporary criteria that diagnose approximately twice as many women as previously used criteria are unclear.

Objective

To examine associations of GD with maternal glucose metabolism and childhood adiposity 10 to 14 years' postpartum.

Design, setting, and participants

The Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) Study established associations of glucose levels during pregnancy with perinatal outcomes and the follow-up study evaluated the long-term outcomes (4697 mothers and 4832 children; study visits occurred between February 13, 2013, and December 13, 2016).

Exposures

Gestational diabetes was defined post hoc using criteria from the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Gro

SUBMITTER: Lowe WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143108 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature