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Abstract
In this review, we critically assess recent evidence from human studies regarding the potential implications of exposure to maternal diabetes in-utero for long-term adiposity, cardiometabolic outcomes, and cognitive ability of the offspring. Evidence supports a direct causal role for exposure to maternal diabetes in utero in determining offspring long-term greater adiposity and adverse cardiometabolic health. Although a majority of observational studies report associations of exposure to maternal pregnancy diabetes with lower cognitive ability, there is also evidence supporting an opposite 'protective' intrauterine effect of exposure to maternal pregnancy diabetes on offspring cognitive ability. Epigenetic modification has been suggested as a mediator on the pathways from maternal pregnancy diabetes to long-term offspring outcomes and several recent studies that are reviewed here lend some support to this notion, but research in this area is still too novel to be conclusive.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 489 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Current diabetes reports |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2014 |
Keywords
- Pregnancy diabetes
- Developmental overnutrition
- Cognitive ability
- Adiposity
- Cardiometabolic health
- Epigenetics
- Long-term health outcomes
- Offspring
- AGE-CHILDREN BORN
- MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION
- COGNITIVE FUNCTION
- SCHOOL-AGE
- INTRAUTERINE EXPOSURE
- DNA METHYLATION
- BLOOD-GLUCOSE
- MOTHERS BLOOD
- BIRTH-WEIGHT
- MELLITUS
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MRC TRAINING FELLOWSHIP FOR A FRASER: OBSTETRIC, LIFESTYLE & GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF VASCULAR METABLIC TRAITS
1/09/08 → 1/09/14
Project: Research