Maternal Diabetes and Risk of Epilepsy in Offspring
Maternal diabetes, particularly T1DM and T2DM, is associated with an increased epilepsy risk in offspring, with longer disease duration not significantly amplifying this risk. These findings suggest that prenatal metabolic and inflammatory exposures may contribute to the development of epilepsy.
Authors
- Laura C. Rosella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4867-869X)
- Asma Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8690-2264)
- Bénédicte Driollet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0022-9995)
- Seungmi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-6821)
- Jennifer A. Hutcheon
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Trillium Health Centre (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-071138
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00