Trial reportDiabetes care2015
Mild gestational diabetes mellitus and long-term child health.
Trial report in Diabetes care, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 127 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatment for Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
The Effect of Early Screening and Intervention for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Pregnancy Outcomes: the TESGO Randomized Trial
Who cites it
127 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Investigating the Role of Skin Autofluorescence in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Treatment on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of maternal obesity on the association between common pregnancy complications and risk of childhood obesity: an individual participant data meta-analysis.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2018Pooled it
- Obesity and abnormal glucose tolerance in offspring of diabetic mothers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Different strategies for diagnosing gestational diabetes to improve maternal and infant health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Intensive gestational glycemic management and childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Pooled it
- Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Diabetes in pregnancy and infant adiposity: systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2017Pooled it
- Neonatal Birthweight, Infant Feeding, and Childhood Metabolic Markers.American journal of perinatology · 2022Trial
- Early gestational diabetes screening in obese women: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Trial
- Infant adiposity following a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnancy.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Trial
- Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Review
- Early Pregnancy Glycemic Testing for Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth Weight.Diabetes care · 2026Observational
- Type 2 diabetes prevention across the life course.Nature medicine · 2026Review
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Glycemic Management Trajectories, and Offspring Growth Patterns and Obesity Risk.Diabetes care · 2026Article
- Gestational glycaemia reflects lifelong glycaemia: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.Diabetologia · 2026Article
- PPARs, L-FABP mediate the association between Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and gestational diabetes: a nested case-control study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- 2. Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2026.Diabetes care · 2026Review
- Trimester-specific gestational weight gain and adverse outcomes in GDM women: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate whether treatment of mild gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) confers sustained offspring health benefits, including a lower frequency of obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsFollow-up study of children (ages 5-10) of women enrolled in a multicenter trial of treatment versus no treatment of mild GDM. Height, weight, blood pressure, waist circumference, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol were measured.
resultsFive hundred of 905 eligible offspring (55%) were enrolled. Maternal baseline characteristics were similar between the follow-up treated and untreated groups. The frequencies of BMI ≥95th (20.8% and 22.9%) and 85th (32.6% and 38.6%) percentiles were not significantly different in treated versus untreated offspring (P = 0.69 and P = 0.26). No associations were observed for BMI z score, log waist circumference, log triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, blood pressure, or log HOMA-estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). The effect of treatment was different by sex for fasting glucose and log HOMA-IR (P for interaction = 0.002 and 0.02, respectively) but not by age-group (5-6 and 7-10 years) for any outcomes. Female offspring of treated women had significantly lower fasting glucose levels.
conclusionsAlthough treatment for mild GDM has been associated with neonatal benefits, no reduction in childhood obesity or metabolic dysfunction in the offspring of treated women was found. However, only female offspring of women treated for mild GDM had lower fasting glucose.
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