The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.

<h4>Objective</h4>Analyze the relation of gestational diabetes and maternal blood glucose levels to early cognitive functions in the first two years of life.<h4>Methods</h4>In a prospective Singaporean birth cohort study, pregnant women were screened for gestational diabetes...

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Main Authors: Shirong Cai, Anqi Qiu, Birit F P Broekman, Eric Qinlong Wong, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey, Seang Mei Saw, Shu-E Soh, Kenneth Kwek, Yap-Seng Chong, Michael J Meaney, Michael S Kramer, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, GUSTO study group
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
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author Shirong Cai
Anqi Qiu
Birit F P Broekman
Eric Qinlong Wong
Peter D Gluckman
Keith M Godfrey
Seang Mei Saw
Shu-E Soh
Kenneth Kwek
Yap-Seng Chong
Michael J Meaney
Michael S Kramer
Anne Rifkin-Graboi
GUSTO study group
author_facet Shirong Cai
Anqi Qiu
Birit F P Broekman
Eric Qinlong Wong
Peter D Gluckman
Keith M Godfrey
Seang Mei Saw
Shu-E Soh
Kenneth Kwek
Yap-Seng Chong
Michael J Meaney
Michael S Kramer
Anne Rifkin-Graboi
GUSTO study group
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description <h4>Objective</h4>Analyze the relation of gestational diabetes and maternal blood glucose levels to early cognitive functions in the first two years of life.<h4>Methods</h4>In a prospective Singaporean birth cohort study, pregnant women were screened for gestational diabetes at 26-28 weeks gestation using a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test. Four hundred and seventy three children (n = 74 and n = 399 born to mothers with and without gestational diabetes respectively) underwent neurocognitive assessments at 6, 18, and/or 24 month, including electrophysiology during an attentional task and behavioral measures of attention, memory and cognition.<h4>Results</h4>Gestational diabetes is related to left hemisphere EPmax amplitude differences (oddball versus standard) at both six (P = 0.039) and eighteen months (P = 0.039), with mean amplitudes suggesting offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes exhibit greater neuronal activity to standard stimuli and less to oddball stimuli. Associations between 2-hour maternal glucose levels and the difference in EPmax amplitude were marginal at 6 months [adjusted β = -0.19 (95% CI: -0.42 to +0.04) μV, P = 0.100] and significant at 18 months [adjusted β = -0.27 (95% CI: -0.49 to -0.06) μV, P = 0.014], and the EPmax amplitude difference (oddball-standard) associated with the Bayley Scales of Infant and toddler Development-III cognitive score at 24 months [β = 0.598 (95% CI: 0.158 to 1.038), P = 0.008].<h4>Conclusion</h4>Gestational diabetes and maternal blood glucose levels are associated with offspring neuronal activity during an attentional task at both six and eighteen months. Such electrophysiological differences are likely functionally important, having been previously linked to attention problems later in life.
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spelling doaj-art-157bf5b89d7d4152b4f734c9b1bbdeaf2025-08-20T03:24:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01119e016211310.1371/journal.pone.0162113The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.Shirong CaiAnqi QiuBirit F P BroekmanEric Qinlong WongPeter D GluckmanKeith M GodfreySeang Mei SawShu-E SohKenneth KwekYap-Seng ChongMichael J MeaneyMichael S KramerAnne Rifkin-GraboiGUSTO study group<h4>Objective</h4>Analyze the relation of gestational diabetes and maternal blood glucose levels to early cognitive functions in the first two years of life.<h4>Methods</h4>In a prospective Singaporean birth cohort study, pregnant women were screened for gestational diabetes at 26-28 weeks gestation using a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test. Four hundred and seventy three children (n = 74 and n = 399 born to mothers with and without gestational diabetes respectively) underwent neurocognitive assessments at 6, 18, and/or 24 month, including electrophysiology during an attentional task and behavioral measures of attention, memory and cognition.<h4>Results</h4>Gestational diabetes is related to left hemisphere EPmax amplitude differences (oddball versus standard) at both six (P = 0.039) and eighteen months (P = 0.039), with mean amplitudes suggesting offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes exhibit greater neuronal activity to standard stimuli and less to oddball stimuli. Associations between 2-hour maternal glucose levels and the difference in EPmax amplitude were marginal at 6 months [adjusted β = -0.19 (95% CI: -0.42 to +0.04) μV, P = 0.100] and significant at 18 months [adjusted β = -0.27 (95% CI: -0.49 to -0.06) μV, P = 0.014], and the EPmax amplitude difference (oddball-standard) associated with the Bayley Scales of Infant and toddler Development-III cognitive score at 24 months [β = 0.598 (95% CI: 0.158 to 1.038), P = 0.008].<h4>Conclusion</h4>Gestational diabetes and maternal blood glucose levels are associated with offspring neuronal activity during an attentional task at both six and eighteen months. Such electrophysiological differences are likely functionally important, having been previously linked to attention problems later in life.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162113&type=printable
spellingShingle Shirong Cai
Anqi Qiu
Birit F P Broekman
Eric Qinlong Wong
Peter D Gluckman
Keith M Godfrey
Seang Mei Saw
Shu-E Soh
Kenneth Kwek
Yap-Seng Chong
Michael J Meaney
Michael S Kramer
Anne Rifkin-Graboi
GUSTO study group
The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
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title The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
title_full The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
title_fullStr The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
title_short The Influence of Gestational Diabetes on Neurodevelopment of Children in the First Two Years of Life: A Prospective Study.
title_sort influence of gestational diabetes on neurodevelopment of children in the first two years of life a prospective study
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162113&type=printable
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