Glycaemic status during pregnancy and longitudinal measures of fetal growth in a multi-racial US population: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The timepoint at which fetal growth begins to differ by maternal glycaemic status is not well understood. To address this lack of data, we examined gestational diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, and early pregnancy glucose concentrations in relation to fetal growth trajectories.

Methods

This cohort study included 2458 pregnant women from the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies-Singletons study, which took place between 2009 and 2013. Women were recruited from 12 clinical centres in the USA. Women aged 18-40 years without major chronic conditions when entering pregnancy were included and those with records of neither glucose screening test or glucose tolerance test were excluded from the study. Women were enrolled at gestational weeks 8-13 and randomly assigned to four u

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7676113 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature