title: Maternal glucose during pregnancy and after delivery in women with gestational diabetes mellitus on overweight status of their children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association of maternal glycemia during pregnancy and after delivery with anthropometry in the offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,263 GDM mothers and their children finished the health survey at 1-5 years after delivery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Offspring of GDM mothers who were diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy had higher prevalence of overweight, higher mean weight for height Z scores, and higher mean BMI for age Z scores at 1-5 years old than the offspring of GDM mothers who were diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) during pregnancy. Offspring of GDM mothers who developed diabetes 1-5 years after delivery had higher mean values of Z scores for weight for height and BMI for age at 1-5 years old than the offspring of GDM mothers who had normal glucose or prediabetes after delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Offspring of GDM mothers who were diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy or after delivery had an increased risk of childhood overweight or weight gain at 1-5 years old compared with children of GDM mothers with IGT during pregnancy or with normal glucose or prediabetes after delivery.
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Shuang
authors: S
authors: Zhang
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Huikun
authors: H
authors: Liu
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Cuiping
authors: C
authors: Zhang
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Leishen
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Nan
authors: N
authors: Li
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Junhong
authors: J
authors: Leng
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Gongshu
authors: G
authors: Liu
authors: Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Xiangwei
authors: X
authors: Fan
authors: Population Cancer Research Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2.
authors: Zhijie
authors: Z
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors: Xilin
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors: Andrea A
authors: AA
authors: Baccarelli
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60208, USA.
authors: Lifang
authors: L
authors: Hou
authors: Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
authors: Gang
authors: 0000-0002-6172-8017
authors: G
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose