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. 2010 Jun;33(6):1382-4.
doi: 10.2337/dc09-2343. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Glucose intolerance and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents exposed to maternal gestational diabetes: a 15-year follow-up study

Wing Hung Tam  1 , Ronald Ching Wan Ma, Xilin Yang, Albert Martin Li, Gary Tin Choi Ko, Alice Pik Shan Kong, Terence Tzu Hsi Lao, Michael Ho Ming Chan, Christopher Wai Kei Lam, Juliana Chung Ngor Chan
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Glucose intolerance and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents exposed to maternal gestational diabetes: a 15-year follow-up study

Wing Hung Tam et al. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: Adolescent offspring of women with a history of gestational diabetes (GD) were evaluated for their cardiometabolic risks at a mean age of 15 years.

Research design and methods: One hundred and twenty-nine adolescents who were assessed for their cardiometabolic risks at 8 years of age were reassessed at 15 years of age.

Results: Adolescent offspring of mothers with GD had similar blood pressure, plasma lipid profile, and a rate of abnormal glucose tolerance as control subjects. In utero hyperinsulinemia was associated with a 17-fold increase in metabolic syndrome and a 10-fold increase in overweight at adolescence, independent of birth weight, Tanner stage, maternal GD status, and mother's BMI.

Conclusions: In utero environment of hyperinsulinemia, irrespective of the degree of maternal GD, was associated with increased risk of overweight and metabolic syndrome during early adolescence in the offspring.

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