Associations of serum choline, betaine and trimethylamine N-oxide with gestational diabetes mellitus among Chinese pregnant women
Serum choline and betaine, but not TMAO, tend to be inversely associated with GDM odds among Han Chinese women with singleton gestation. Especially among those women with abnormal weight gain during pregnancy, higher serum betaine was associated with lower GDM likelihood.
Authors
- Jie Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-7708)
- Kefeng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-6150)
- Cassandra Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-9869)
- Guofeng Lou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3873-0247)
- Shiyin Wu
- Meiqin Cai
- Lingpeng Lu
- Yuhong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-6369)
- Jie Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-1980)
- Liang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-8276)
- Xiaoxi Shen
- Hui Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-2517)
- J Lauren Butler
- G Saikia
Institutions
- University of North Florida (US)
- Texas State University (US)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (CN)
- Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai (CN)
- Viva Biotech (China) (CN)
- Marshall Health (US)
- Marshall University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2024-001111
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine