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Multiple perinatal characteristics affect the association between maternal diabetes status and early neonatal gut microbiota.

Cheng Liu, Wei Zheng, Jia Wang, Xianxian Yuan, Yuan Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Xu Ma, Guanghui Li

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8 authors.

Cheng LiuDepartment of Obstetrics, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3952-3696
Wei ZhengDepartment of Obstetrics, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jia WangDepartment of Obstetrics, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xianxian YuanDepartment of Obstetrics, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuan ZhangNational Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China.
Yuanyuan WangNational Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0004-1260-1038
Xu MaNational Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7674-3589
Guanghui LiDepartment of Obstetrics, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2290-1515

Funding

High-level construction project of public health technical personnel in Beijing Municipal Health System Lingjunrencai-02-02MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 82171617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing evidence has suggested that maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can influence the neonatal gut microbiota. However, the initial microbial colonization of neonates is still unclear. The discrepancy in results between studies may be due to many other prenatal characteristics. This study aimed to investigate whether perinatal characteristics affect the association between maternal GDM status and early neonatal gut microbiota. This nested case-control study was based on a cohort of mothers and children (2016YFC1000304). Meconium samples were collected from neonates of mothers with ( IMPORTANCE: This study uses 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to analyze 247 meconium samples with or without maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and make a multi-group comparison. We found that newborns from mothers with GDM and normoglycemic mothers had similar compositions but different abundances of the gut microbiota. Other than the maternal diabetes status, maternal body mass index, age, gestational weight gain, and neonatal delivery mode, gender and birth weight all contribute to neonatal gut microbiota. Compared with former related studies, our sample size was larger, and meconium was collected within 24 h after birth to avoid the influence of the living environment, feeding methods, mother's lifestyle, or diet. The results of this study will provide some information on the association between maternal GDM and neonatal gut microbiota colonization in early life and highlight the influence of non-negligible concomitant perinatal characteristics.

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BacteriaDiabetes, GestationalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMeconiumPregnancyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16Scohort studygestational diabetes mellitusgut microbiotameconiumperinatal characteristics

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PMID40377305
PMCPMC12188708

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