Open Access<p>Do Gestational Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Have an Independent Effect on Neonatal Adiposity? Results of Mediation Analysis from a Cohort Study in South India</p>
Author(s) -
Giridhara R Babu,
R Deepa,
Melissa Glenda Lewis,
Eunice Lobo,
Anjaly Krishnan,
Yamuna Ana,
Jodie G. Katon,
Daniel A. Enquobahrie,
Onyebuchi A. Arah,
Sanjay Kinra,
Gvs Murthy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s222726
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , obesity , obstetrics , odds ratio , confounding , cohort study , pregnancy , gestation , biology , genetics
Neonates born to mothers with obesity or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an increased chance of various metabolic disorders later in life. In India, it is unclear whether maternal obesity or GDM is related to offspring adiposity. We aimed to understand the independent effect of maternal obesity and GDM with neonatal adiposity and whether GDM has a mediating effect between maternal obesity and neonatal adiposity.