Author response: cardiovascular risk factors in offspring exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maleesa M PathiranaZohra S LassiClaire T RobertsPrabha H Andraweera

Published in: Journal of developmental origins of health and disease (2020)

This commentary is an author response to Lu and Wang, regarding the manuscript entitled 'Cardiovascular risk factors in offspring exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero: Systematic review and meta-analysis'. We address their concern regarding duplication of studies in the meta-analysis and the quality of included studies.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular risk factors
case control
systematic review
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
pregnant women
high fat diet
pregnancy outcomes
meta analyses
quality improvement
type diabetes
randomized controlled trial
insulin resistance