title: Second trimester postload glucose level as an important predictor of low birth weight infants: Tanaka Women's Clinic Study.
abstract: Although it is well known that the maternal prepregnancy BMI is a strong contributor to fetal growth, our results showed that a low postload glucose level, although within normal range, independent of maternal BMI was strongly associated with an increased risk of low birth weight births among Japanese mothers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yamanashi, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan; Tanaka Women's Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yachi
authors.affiliation: Tanaka Women's Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Kawasaki City College of Nursing, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishibata
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Sakiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hanyu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan. Electronic address: sone@med.niigata-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014041:Tokyo
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: Blood glucose; Body mass index; Low birth weight; Pregnancy