Association of maternal diabetes mellitus in pregnancy with offspring adiposity into early adulthood: Sibling study in a prospective cohort of 280 866 men from 248 293 families

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-265

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Långström, Niklas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; epidemiology; obesity; overnutrition; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251575927     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.980169     Document Type: Article

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