title: Prenatal stress due to a natural disaster predicts insulin secretion in adolescence.
abstract: Prenatal stress might increase cardiometabolic disease risk. We measured prenatal stress due to an ice storm in 1998, and measured glucose tolerance among a subsample of 32 exposed adolescents in 2011. Severity of stress was positively associated with insulin secretion, suggesting that prenatal stress independently predicts metabolic outcomes in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Psychiatry, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelsey N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Dancause
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Veru
authors.forename: Ross E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Laplante
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin
keywords: Developmental origins of health and disease; Metabolism; Pregnancy