Long-Term Effects of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs During Pregnancy on Offspring: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Follow-up Studies of RCTs.

Wenneke van WeeldenVincent WekkerLeon de WitJacqueline LimpensHilkka IjäsAleid G van Wassenaer-LeemhuisTessa J RoseboomBas B van RijnJ Hans DeVriesRebecca C Painter

Published in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2018)

Prenatal exposure to metformin is associated with increased offspring weight, but not with height or BMI. Larger follow-up studies are needed to confirm and look into the implications of these findings. Plain language summary available for this article.

Keyphrases

body mass index
high fat diet
case control
weight gain
pregnant women
weight loss
type diabetes
drug induced