Maternal diabetes in pregnancy and offspring cognitive ability: Sibling study with 723,775 men from 579,857 families

Diabetologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-109

  Fraser, Abigail ^a   Almqvist, Catarina ^b,c   Larsson, Henrik ^b   Långström, Niklas ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diabetes; IQ; Pregnancy; Sibling comparison; Swedish registers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890933809     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-3065-z     Document Type: Article

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