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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 null
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • birth weight
  • gestational age
  • pregnant women
  • weight gain
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • preterm birth
  • young adults