Gestational diabetes mellitus: an updated overview

E Chiefari, B Arcidiacono, D Foti, A Brunetti - Journal of endocrinological …, 2017 - Springer
The clinical and public health relevance of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is widely
debated due to its increasing incidence, the resulting negative economic impact, and the …

Type 2 diabetes in East Asians: similarities and differences with populations in Europe and the United States

RCW Ma, JCN Chan - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There is an epidemic of diabetes in Asia. Type 2 diabetes develops in East Asian patients at
a lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with those of European descent. At any …

Association of gestational diabetes with maternal disorders of glucose metabolism and childhood adiposity

WL Lowe, DM Scholtens, LP Lowe, A Kuang… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The sequelae of gestational diabetes (GD) by contemporary criteria that
diagnose approximately twice as many women as previously used criteria are unclear …

Maternal glucose levels during pregnancy and childhood adiposity in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study

WL Lowe, LP Lowe, A Kuang, PM Catalano… - Diabetologia, 2019 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Maternal type 2 diabetes during pregnancy and gestational diabetes are
associated with childhood adiposity; however, associations of lower maternal glucose levels …

In utero exposure to maternal hyperglycemia increases childhood cardiometabolic risk in offspring

WH Tam, RCW Ma, R Ozaki, AM Li, MHM Chan… - Diabetes …, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of maternal hyperglycemia
during pregnancy on cardiometabolic risk in offspring during early childhood. RESEARCH …

Hyperglycemia during pregnancy and long-term offspring outcomes

ME Bianco, JL Josefson - Current diabetes reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review will focus on the long-term outcomes in offspring
exposed to in utero hyperglycemia and gestational diabetes (GDM), including obesity …

Diabetes in asia

A Ramachandran, RCW Ma, C Snehalatha - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes has rapidly increased in native and migrant Asian
populations. Diabetes develops at a younger age in Asian populations than in white …

Lifestyle intervention can reduce the risk of gestational diabetes: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

C Song, J Li, J Leng, RC Ma, X Yang - Obesity Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to examine the effect of lifestyle intervention on the risk of gestational
diabetes mellitus (GDM). We searched PubMed, Springer and other databases to retrieve …

Type‐2 diabetes: Current understanding and future perspectives

A Pandey, S Chawla, P Guchhait - IUBMB life, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid outbreak of type‐2 diabetes is one of the largest public health problems around
the globe. Particularly, the developing nations are becoming the epicenters of …

Prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus as an independent risk factor for long-term neuropsychiatric morbidity of the offspring

KN Sacks, M Friger, I Shoham-Vardi, H Abokaf… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The reported rates of gestational diabetes mellitus are constantly escalating
and little is known about long-term complications in the offspring. Evidence from the field of …