Relationship between maternal glycaemia and birth weight in glucose-tolerant women from different ethnic groups in New Zealand

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Simmons, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Glucose; Obesity; Polynesian; Smoking

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846998993     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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