The role of male foetal sex on maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes—secondary analysis of a randomised placebo controlled clinical trial of metformin in gestational diabetes (EMERGE)
Further follow-up is required to determine whether foetal sex influences long-term effects of metformin in pregnancy.
Authors
- A. Alvarez-Iglesias
- Andrew J. Simpkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4975-444X)
- Declan Devane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9393-7075)
- Martin O’Donnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7761)
- Keelan Eyers
- Paddy Gillespie
- Paula M. O’Shea
- Fidelma Dunne
- Aoife M. Egan
- Robert P. McEvoy
- Andrew Smyth
- Yueyun Zhu
- Christine Newman
Institutions
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- University Hospital Galway (IE)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- COPE Galway (IE)
- Trials Methodology Research Network (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04778-z
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00