Short Body Height and Pre-pregnancy Overweight for Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Short Body Height and Pre-pregnancy Overweight for Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Background: Short height is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. This study aims to explore whether short height has a synergistic effect with pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and undue weight gain on the risk of GDM.Methods: We recruited...

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Main Authors: Jing Li, Peng Wang, Cuiping Zhang, Junhong Leng, Nan Li, Leishen Wang, Wei Li, Huikun Liu, Zhijie Yu, Gang Hu, Juliana C. N. Chan, Xilin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
gestational diabetes mellitus
body height
pre-pregnancy overweight
synergistic effect
Chinese women
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00349/full

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