Telomere length is reduced in 9- to 16-year-old girls exposed to gestational diabetes in utero.
Line HjortRegan VryerLouise G GrunnetDavid BurgnerSjurdur F OlsenRichard SafferyAllan VaagPublished in: Diabetologia (2018)
The 9- to 16-year-old girls of mothers with GDM had shorter telomeres than those from the control population. Further studies are needed to understand the extent to which shortened telomere length predicts and/or contributes to the increased risk of disease later in life among the offspring of women with GDM.