Mother and child health 4.5 years after gestational diabetes mellitus managed using tight or less tight targets for glycaemic control: Post-hoc follow-up study of the TARGET trial

Tight compared to less tight glycaemic targets in women with GDM during pregnancy did not result in lower maternal HbA1c or lower child BMI z-scores 4.5 years later, and may be associated with adverse child motor and behavioural outcomes.

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PLoS Medicine
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2026-02-03
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004635
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Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
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Mother and child health 4.5 years after gestational diabetes mellitus managed using tight or less tight targets for glycaemic control: Post-hoc follow-up study of the TARGET trial

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Mother and child health 4.5 years after gestational diabetes mellitus managed using tight or less tight targets for glycaemic control: Post-hoc follow-up study of the TARGET trial

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Abstract

Tight compared to less tight glycaemic targets in women with GDM during pregnancy did not result in lower maternal HbA1c or lower child BMI z-scores 4.5 years later, and may be associated with adverse child motor and behavioural outcomes.

PLoS MedicineVol. 23(2)
University of Waterloo (CA), University of Auckland (NZ), Greenlane Clinical Centre (NZ)
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Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
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