Effect of pregnancy for females born small on later life metabolic disease risk.

There is a strong inverse relationship between a females own birth weight and her subsequent risk for gestational diabetes with increased risk of developing diabetes later in life. We have shown that growth restricted females develop loss of glucose tolerance during late pregnancy with normal pancre...

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Main Authors: Melanie Tran, Linda A Gallo, Glenn D Wadley, Andrew J Jefferies, Karen M Moritz, Mary E Wlodek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23028837/?tool=EBI