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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023

Maternal circulating metabolic biomarkers and their prediction performance for gestational diabetes mellitus related macrosomia.

Yingdi Yuan, Qingyi Zhu, Xiaodie Yao, Zhonghua Shi, Juan Wen

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prediction Models for Maternal and Offspring Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Following Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yingdi Yuan *Department of Pediatrics, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital of Lianyungang (Lianyungang Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University), Lianyungang, China.
Qingyi Zhu *Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Xiaodie YaoNanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Zhonghua ShiDepartment of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China. jesse_1982@163.com.
Juan WenNanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China. wenj2010@139.com.
Nanjing Medical University · CNNanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a metabolism-related pregnancy complication, is significantly associated with an increased risk of macrosomia. We hypothesized that maternal circulating metabolic biomarkers differed between women with GDM and macrosomia (GDM-M) and women with GDM and normal neonatal weight (GDM-N), and had good prediction performance for GDM-M.

methodsPlasma samples from 44 GDM-M and 44 GDM-N were analyzed using Olink Proseek multiplex metabolism assay targeting 92 biomarkers. Combined different clinical characteristics and Olink markers, LASSO regression was used to optimize variable selection, and Logistic regression was applied to build a predictive model. Nomogram was developed based on the selected variables visually. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calibration plot, and clinical impact curve were used to validate the model.

resultsWe found 4 metabolism-related biomarkers differing between groups [CLUL1 (Clusterin-like protein 1), VCAN (Versican core protein), FCRL1 (Fc receptor-like protein 1), RNASE3 (Eosinophil cationic protein), FDR <  0.05]. Based on the different clinical characteristics and Olink markers, a total of nine predictors, namely pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), weight gain at 24 gestational weeks (gw), parity, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) 2 h glucose at 24 gw, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) at 24 gw, and plasma expression of CLUL1, VCAN and RNASE3 at 24 gw, were identified by LASSO regression. The model constructed using these 9 predictors displayed good prediction performance for GDM-M, with an area under the ROC of 0.970 (sensitivity = 0.955, specificity = 0.886), and was well calibrated (P

conclusionThe Model included pre-pregnancy BMI, weight gain at 24 gw, parity, OGTT 2 h glucose at 24 gw, HDL and LDL at 24 gw, and plasma expression of CLUL1, VCAN and RNASE3 at 24 gw had good prediction performance for predicting macrosomia in women with GDM.

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Diabetes, GestationalBiomarkersBlood GlucoseBody Mass IndexFemaleFetal MacrosomiaGlucoseHumansInfant, NewbornLipoproteins, HDLPregnancyRisk FactorsWeight GainBiomarkersBlood GlucoseGlucoseLipoproteins, HDLGestational diabetes mellitusMacrosomiaMetabolic biomarkersPredictive modelROC curve

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