hrp0084p2-296 | Diabetes | ESPE2015

Children Born from Mother with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus are at Higher Risk in Metabolic Syndrome

Horikawa Reiko , Arata Naoko , Naiki Yasuhiro

Background: The metabolic outcome in adult life is known to be determined during fetal life. Prenatal poor nutrition also affects growth and maturation, formation of insulin resistance during childhood. Little is known about the effect of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on early metabolic and growth outcome of their children.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate growth, glucose metabolism, and blood pressure in children of mothers with GD...