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Adolescent manifestations of metabolic syndrome among children born to women with gestational diabetes in a general-population birth cohort.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 May 2009
Vääräsmäki Marja, Pouta Anneli, Elliot Paul, Tapanainen Päivi, Sovio Ulla, Ruokonen Aimo, Hartikainen Anna-Liisa, McCarthy Mark, Järvelin Marjo-Riitta
Abstract excerpt
The association between maternal gestational diabetes (GDM) and manifestations of metabolic syndrome among Caucasian adolescents was studied with data from the population-based Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort. This is a longitudinal cohort study from early pregnancy until offspring age 16 years and includes data from a risk group-based GDM screen of pregnant mothers by an oral glucose tolerance test. Metabolic...
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