Gestational diabetes mellitus: modifier or mediator in the link between pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and fetal overgrowth?
Pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and GDM act as independent and synergistic risk factors for fetal overgrowth, with GDM mediating approximately 8% of adiposity-related risk through combined modification and mediation mechanisms.
Authors
- Qiang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-9906)
- Xiaoping Lei
- Zhiyong Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-7402)
- Tao Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-895X)
- Lijuan Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4397-6375)
- Wenbin Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7480-5547)
- Huan Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-4563)
- Wei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-6242)
- Changyi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-4852)
- Siyi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4909-2569)
Institutions
- Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (CN)
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TW)
- Zigong First People's Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Clinical Research Center (CN)
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2025.2561847
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06