In Utero Exposure to Maternal Hyperglycemia Increases Childhood Cardiometabolic Risk in Offspring.

Wing-Hung TamRonald Ching Wan MaRisa OzakiAlbert Martin LiMichael Ho Ming ChanLai Yuk YuenTerence Tzu Hsi LaoXilin YangChung Shun HoGregory Emanuele TutinoJuliana Chung Ngor Chan

Published in: Diabetes care (2017)

Maternal hyperglycemia in pregnancy is independently associated with offsprings' risk of abnormal glucose tolerance, obesity, and higher BP at 7 years of age. Its effect on childhood adiposity was apparent only in girls, not boys.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
weight gain
insulin resistance
high fat diet
metabolic syndrome
early life
weight loss
type diabetes
pregnant women
diabetic rats
preterm birth
high fat diet induced
body mass index
adipose tissue
gestational age
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging