Gestational diabetes and offspring's growth from birth to 6 years old.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to compare the children's body mass index (BMI) growth between offspring exposed to maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and those not exposed, and assess the associations between maternal hyperglycemia and their offspring's overweight risk from 1 to 6 years of age.

Methods

Using the healthcare records data from the Tianjin Maternal and Child Healthcare System, we conducted a population-based cohort study, which is composed of 27,155 mother-child pairs with all mothers undergoing GDM screening test in pregnancy.

Results

After adjustment for maternal and children's characteristics, children born to mothers with abnormal glucose (including GDM or abnormal glucose challenge test (GCT) but normal oral glucose tolerance te

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532057 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature