Maternal lead exposure may contribute to the risk for overweight or obesity in offspring across multiple developmental stages, but adequate maternal folate status can mitigate this association.
In women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss, thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity is associated with a reduced live birth rate.
Infants born to women who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery have a lower risk for major birth defects than those born to matched control women.
Researchers sought to determine whether a relationship exists between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and menopausal symptoms.
Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy had higher postpartum fasting plasma glucose levels and approximately double the risk for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
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.
Maternal blood glucose levels and body mass index are the most important modifiable risk factors for stillbirth in women with pre-pregnancy diabetes.
The association of TSH with child brain morphology differed according to gestational age at evaluation of thyroid function.
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.
Maternal obesity and overweight are associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in offspring.
