The impact of pregnancy weight and glucose on the metabolic health of mother and child in the south west of the UK

Midwifery
Alison N JefferyTerence J Wilkin

Abstract

to explore relationships between maternal pre-pregnancy weight, third trimester glucose, baby birth weight, weight and metabolic health of the mother and child 5 years after birth. an observational study set within a non-intervention, longitudinal cohort study looking at insulin resistance in children. a teaching hospital in the south west of the United Kingdom. 300 mothers and their five-year-old children from randomly selected Plymouth schools, stratified according to socioeconomic status. were obtained from obstetric records maternal pre-pregnant weight, random and fasting third trimester blood glucose, baby birth weight. Five years later the following measurements were made of the mother and child: height, weight, glucose and insulin resistance. five years after the pregnancy, 33% of the mothers were overweight, with an additional 19% obese. In the children 13% of boys were overweight (4% obese), and in the girls, 26% were overweight (5% obese). In the five-year-old children, weight (r=0.28, p<0.001) but not birth weight (r=0.03, p=0.573), correlated with insulin resistance. Maternal pre-pregnant weight was related to both random and fasting third trimester glucose, and to insulin resistance 5 years later. Third trimester f...Continue Reading

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Sep 20, 2012·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth·Mary CarolanCheryl Steele
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