Prenatal Antidepressant Use May Increase Risk for Gestational Diabetes
Taking certain antidepressants while pregnant can increase the risk for developing gestational diabetes.
Taking certain antidepressants while pregnant can increase the risk for developing gestational diabetes.
Early childhood weight gain strongly tied to prepregnancy weight, moderately tied to maternal diabetes status
Children exposed to gestational diabetes in utero have reduced physical activity and fruit intake compared with children not exposed to gestational diabetes.
For women with gestational diabetes, conducting an oral glucose tolerance test during hospitalization for delivery might be useful to detect postpartum diabetes risk.
Maternal obesity and gestational diabetes may have important effects on early child body composition, but likely do not directly affect left ventricular mass in offspring.
Women consuming a Mediterranean-style diet during pregnancy gained less weight and had lower risk for gestational diabetes compared with usual care.
Using metformin as first-line therapy for gestational diabetes may improve patient satisfaction and has similar efficacy and pregnancy outcomes to insulin.
Researchers found data that showed a preventive benefit to test for gestational diabetes mellitus in the first trimester of pregnancy for patients who are being treated with antipsychotic agents.
Pregnancy hyperglycemia at levels below the threshold for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and maternal obesity are associated with childhood obesity.
Maternal vitamin D deficiency, as early as the first trimester of pregnancy, is associated with an increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.