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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

The Relationship between Gestational Diabetes Metabolic Control and Fetal Autonomic Regulation, Movement and Birth Weight.

Janine Zöllkau, Laura Swiderski, Alexander Schmidt, Friederike Weschenfelder, Tanja Groten, Dirk Hoyer, Uwe Schneider

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Heart Rate Variability in Newborns From Diabetic Mothers: Clinical Application and Significance.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janine ZöllkauDepartment of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1008-3714
Laura SwiderskiDepartment of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Alexander SchmidtBiomagnetic Center, Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Friederike WeschenfelderDepartment of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2903-391X
Tanja GrotenDepartment of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3553-4056
Dirk HoyerBiomagnetic Center, Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Uwe SchneiderDepartment of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Jena University Hospital · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Ho 1634/15-12, Schn 775/7-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Maternal metabolic control in gestational diabetes is suggested to influence fetal autonomic control and movement activity, which may have fetal outcome implications. We aimed to analyze the relationship between maternal metabolic control, fetal autonomic heart rate regulation, activity and birth weight. (2) Methods: Prospective noninterventional longitudinal cohort monitoring study accompanying 19 patients with specialist clinical care for gestational diabetes. Monthly fetal magnetocardiography with electro-physiologically-based beat-to-beat heart rate recording for analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) and the 'fetal movement index' (FMI) was performed. Data were compared to 167 healthy pregnant women retrieved from our pre-existing study database. (3) Results: Fetal vagal tone was increased with gestational diabetes compared to controls, whereas sympathetic tone and FMI did not differ. Within the diabetic population, sympathetic activation was associated with higher maternal blood-glucose levels. Maternal blood-glucose levels correlated positively with birth weight z scores. FMI showed no correlation with birth weight but attenuated the positive correlation between maternal blood-glucose levels and birth weight. (4) Conclusion: Fetal autonomic control is altered by gestational diabetes and maternal blood-glucose level, even if metabolic adjustment and outcome is comparable to healthy controls.

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birth weightfetal autonomic controlfetal magnetocardiographyfetal movement activitygestational diabetesheart-rate-variabilitymetabolic controlperinatal programming

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PMID34362160
PMCPMC8348724
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