Maternal Hyperglycemia during Pregnancy Increases Adiposity of Offspring
Background The effect of intrauterine hyperglycemia on fat mass and regional fat proportion of the offspring of mothers with gestational moen finney diabetes mellitus (OGDM) remains to be determined.Methods The body composition of OGDM (n=25) and offspring of normoglycemic mothers (n=49) was compared using dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry at age 5 y