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Mild gestational diabetes mellitus and long-term child health

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Landon, Mark B., Rice, Madeline Murguia, Varner, Michael W., Casey, Brian M., Reddy, Uma M., Wapner, Ronald J., Rouse, Dwight J., Biggio, Joseph R. +6 more·2015·Diabetes Care

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether treatment of mild gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) confers sustained offspring health benefits, including a lower frequency of obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Follow-up study of children (ages 5–10) of women enrolled in a multicenter trial of treatment versus no treatment of mild GDM. Height, weight, blood pressure, waist circumference, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol were measured. RESULTS: Five hundred of 905 eligible offspring (55%) were enrolled. Maternal baseline characteristics were similar between the follow-up treated and untreated groups. The frequencies of BMI ≥95th (20.8% and 22.9%) and 85th (32.6% and 38.6%) percentiles were not significantly different in treated versus untreated offspring (P = 0.69 and P = 0.26). No associations were observed for BMI z score, log waist circumference, log triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, blood pressure, or log HOMA-estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). The effect of treatment was different by sex for fasting glucose and log HOMA-IR (P for interaction = 0.002 and 0.02, respectively) but not by age-group (5–6 and 7–10 years) for any outcomes. Female offspring of treated women had significantly lower fasting glucose levels. CONCLUSIONS: Although treatment for mild GDM has been associated with neonatal benefits, no reduction in childhood obesity or metabolic dysfunction in the offspring of treated women was found. However, only female offspring of women treated for mild GDM had lower fasting glucose.

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  • Follow-up of the children in both these studies at 4 to 5 and 7 years of age, respectively, failed to observe differences in limited indicators of child adiposity between children of mothers with treated GDM and those with untreated GDM.

    “Follow-up of the children in both these studies at 4 to 5 (264-266) and 7 years of age (267), respectively, failed to observe differences in limited indicators of child adiposity between children of mothers with treated GDM and those with untreated GDM.”
  • Data are lacking on how treatment of mother's hyperglycemia in pregnancy affects her offspring's risk for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders.

    “Data are lacking on how the treatment of mother ' s hyperglycemia in pregnancy affects her offspring ' s risk for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders (219,220).”
  • Data are lacking on how the treatment of mother's hyperglycemia in pregnancy affects her offspring's risk for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders.

    “Data are lacking on how the treatment of mother's hyperglycemia in pregnancy affects her offspring's risk for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders (201,202).”
  • In studies of young children whose mothers had mild GDM, there was no difference in obesity rates between offspring of treated and untreated mothers.

    “In studies of young children whose mothers had mild GDM, there was no difference in obesity rates in the offspring of treated mothers compared with untreated mothers.49”

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  1. [19]National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents. Summary report. Chapter 8 high blood pressure. Available from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cvd_ped/summary.htm#chap8. Accessed 21 February 2012 PMC4536582 22084329

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Landon, M. B., Rice, M. M., Varner, M. W., Casey, B. M., Reddy, U. M., Wapner, R. J., Rouse, D. J., Biggio, J. R., Thorp, J. M., Chien, E. K., Saade, G., Peaceman, A. M., Blackwell, S. C., & VanDorsten, J. P.
Affiliations
  • The Ohio State University (US)
  • George Washington University (US)
  • University of Utah (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Brown University (US)
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • MetroHealth Medical Center (US)
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Memorial Hermann (US)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author
Landon, Mark B.
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2014-11-20
Volume
38
Issue
3
Pages
445-452
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2132211480
Cited by
248
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
FWCI
18.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD27915, HD36801, HD34208, HD34116, HD404)
  • the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR001070, UL1TR000439)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
gestational diabetes mellitus, childhood obesity, offspring health, fasting blood glucose, insulin resistance, sex differences, body mass index, waist circumference, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure
MeSH terms
Adult, Body Weight, Child, Fasting, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Status, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Cholesterol, HDL, Male, Obesity, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Sex Factors, Triglycerides, Body Mass Index, Diabetes, Gestational, Waist Circumference

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