Maternal birth weight as an indicator of early and late gestational diabetes mellitus: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.
Kazuma TagamiNoriyuki IwamaHirotaka HamadaHasumi TomitaRie KudoNatsumi KumagaiHongxin WangSeiya IzumiZen WatanabeMami IshikuroTaku ObaraNozomi TatsutaHirohito MetokiChiharu OtaTakashi SugiyamaShinichi KuriyamaTakahiro ArimaNobuo YaegashiMasatoshi Saitonull nullPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2024)
Regardless of the gestational age when gestational diabetes mellitus was diagnosed, a lower maternal birth weight was associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, the association of a MBW <2500 g with late gestational diabetes mellitus tended to be stronger than that with early gestational diabetes mellitus.