ArticleDiabetes care2013
Maternal lipids are as important as glucose for fetal growth: findings from the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.
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- Associations of micronutrients and lipids with prediabetes and glycemic parameters in adolescent girls of the rural DERVAN cohort (DERVAN-9).Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Like mother like daughter, the role of low human capital in intergenerational cycles of disadvantage: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Maternal fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products to high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio for predicting delivery of small and large for gestational age infants: a pilot study.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Article
- Pancreatic GLUT2 protein expression and isolated islets insulin secretion decreased in high-fat fed rat dams.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2023Article
- Association between second- and third-trimester maternal lipid profiles and adverse perinatal outcomes among women with GDM and non-GDM: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The burgeoning cardiovascular disease epidemic in Indians - perspectives on contextual factors and potential solutions.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
- Lipoprotein subfraction patterns throughout gestation in The Gambia: changes in subfraction composition and their relationships with infant birth weights.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Article
- Association of maternal lipid levels with birth weight and cord blood insulin: a Bayesian network analysis.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo study the relationship between maternal circulating fuels and neonatal size and compare the relative effects of glucose and lipids. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThe Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (1993-1996) investigated the influence of maternal nutrition on fetal growth. We measured maternal body size and glucose and lipid concentrations during pregnancy and examined their relationship with birth size in full-term babies using correlation and regression techniques.
resultsThe mothers (n = 631) were young (mean age 21 years), short (mean height 151.9 cm), and thin (BMI 18.0 kg/m(2)) but were relatively more adipose (body fat 21.1%). Their diet was mostly vegetarian. Between 18 and 28 weeks' gestation, fasting glucose concentrations remained stable, whereas total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations increased and HDL-cholesterol concentrations decreased. The mean birth weight of the offspring was 2666 g. Total cholesterol and triglycerides at both 18 and 28 weeks and plasma glucose only at 28 weeks were associated directly with birth size. One SD higher maternal fasting glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride concentrations at 28 weeks were associated with 37, 54, and 36 g higher birth weights, respectively (P < 0.05 for all). HDL-cholesterol concentrations were unrelated to newborn measurements. The results were similar if preterm deliveries also were included in the analysis (total n = 700).
conclusionsOur results suggest an influence of maternal lipids on neonatal size in addition to the well-established effect of glucose. Further research should be directed at defining the clinical relevance of these findings.
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