The metabolic syndrome in pregnancy and its association with child telomere length.
Dale McAninchTina Bianco-MiottoKathryn L GatfordShalem Y LeemaqzPrabha H AndraweeraAmy GarrettMichelle D PlummerGus A DekkerClaire T RobertsLisa Gaye SmithersJessica Anne GriegerPublished in: Diabetologia (2020)
Children of mothers who had the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy have shorter telomeres, a biomarker of accelerated ageing. These findings warrant further studies in larger cohorts of children, as well as investigations into whether telomere length measured in cord blood associates with telomere length in childhood.