Time course of metabolic status in pregnant women: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

We aimed to evaluate the metabolic status of pregnant women by assessing metabolic biomarkers of participants in the Japan Environment and Children's Study, a nationwide, multicenter, pregnancy and birth cohort.

Materials and methods

Pregnant women aged 14-50 years were studied in 15 centers across Japan. Clinical information was obtained using self-administered questionnaires. Blood samples were taken during the first two trimesters to measure metabolic biomarkers. Samples were divided into seven groups according to the weeks of pregnancy.

Results

Among 82,972 pregnant women, 43 had only type 1 diabetes, 78 had only type 2 diabetes, 2,315 had only gestational diabetes and 354 had only dyslipidemia. Glycated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, low-density

SUBMITTER: Sasaki H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477532 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature