Lipid profile, glucose homeostasis, blood pressure, and obesity-anthropometric markers in macrosomic offspring of nondiabetic mothers.
OBJECTIVE
The study was to determine whether being the macrosomic offspring of a mother without detected glucose intolerance during pregnancy has an impact on lipid profile, glucose homeostasis, and blood pressure during childhood.


METHODS
Plasma total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol; triglycerides; apolipoprotein (Apo) A-1, -B, and -E; lipoprotein (a); fasting glucose and insulin; homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index; blood pressure; BMI; and detailed anthropometry were evaluated in 85 children aged 3-10 years old, born appropriate for gestational age (AGA; n = 48) and large for gestational age (LGA; n = 37) of healthy mothers.


RESULTS
At the time of the assessment, body weight, height, skinfold thickness, BMI, waist circumference, and blood pressure did not differ between the LGA and AGA groups with the exception of head circumference (P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in plasma total or LDL cholesterol; triglycerides; Apo A-1, -B, or -E; lipoprotein (a); Apo B-to-Apo A-1 ratio; or glucose levels between the groups. The LGA group had significantly higher HDL cholesterol levels (P < 0.01), fasting insulin levels (P < 0.01), and HOMA-IR index (P < 0.01) but lower values of the glucose-to-insulin ratio (P < 0.01) as compared with the AGA group.


CONCLUSIONS
Children born LGA of mothers without confirmed impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy show higher insulin concentrations than AGAs.
Evagelidou
Eleni N
EN
University Hospital of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, Ioannina 451 10, Greece.
Kiortsis
Dimitrios N
DN
Bairaktari
Eleni T
ET
Giapros
Vasileios I
VI
Cholevas
Vasileios K
VK
Tzallas
Christos S
CS
Andronikou
Styliani K
SK
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008423:Maternal Age; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids