Sex of the baby and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the mother: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Diabetologia

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2469-2475

  Jaskolka, Diana ^a   Retnakaran, Ravi ^a,b,c,d   Zinman, Bernard ^a,b,c,d   Kramer, Caroline K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta cell function; Fetal sex; Gestational diabetes; Male fetus; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84942991002     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3726-1     Document Type: Article

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