Fetal growth trajectories in pregnancies of European and South Asian mothers with and without gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study.
Line SletnerAnne Karen JenumChittaranjan S YajnikKjersti MørkridBritt NakstadOdd Harald Rognerud-JensenKåre I BirkelandSiri VangenPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Offspring of GDM mothers were smaller in mid pregnancy, but subsequently grew faster until birth, compared with offspring of non-GDM mothers. This pattern was most prominent in South Asian mothers with moderate to severe GDM. However, the most remarkable characteristic of these fetuses was not a large size at birth, but the small size in mid pregnancy, before the GDM diagnosis was set.