Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Central Nervous System Birth Defects | Zendy

James L. Anderson | Zendy; D. Kim Waller | Zendy; Mark A. Canfield | Zendy; Gary M. Shaw | Zendy; Margaret L. Watkins | Zendy; Martha M. Werler | Zendy

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Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Central Nervous System Birth Defects

Author(s) -

James L. Anderson,

D. Kim Waller,

Mark A. Canfield,

Gary M. Shaw,

Margaret L. Watkins,

Martha M. Werler

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1531-5487

pISSN - 1044-3983

DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000147122.97061.bb

Subject(s) - medicine , spina bifida , anencephaly , gestational diabetes , odds ratio , holoprosencephaly , body mass index , obstetrics , obesity , population , offspring , diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , pregnancy , gestation , endocrinology , fetus , biology , environmental health , genetics

Maternal obesity and diabetes are both associated with increased risk of congenital central nervous system (CNS) malformations in the offspring and may share a common underlying mechanism. Our objective was to evaluate whether gestational diabetes influenced the association of prepregnancy maternal obesity and risks for CNS birth defects.

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