Metformin in Gestational Diabetes: The Offspring Follow-up (MiG TOFU): Body Composition at 2 Years of Age
Metformin in Gestational Diabetes: The Offspring Follow-up (MiG TOFU): Body Composition at 2 Years of Age
Date
2011-10
Authors
Rowan, JA
Rush, EC
Obolonkin, V
Battin, M
Wouldes, T
Hague, WM
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Item type
Journal Article
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Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Abstract
In women with gestational diabetes mellitus, who were randomized to metformin or insulin treatment, pregnancy outcomes were similar (Metformin in Gestational diabetes [MiG] trial). Metformin crosses the placenta, so it is important to assess potential effects on growth of the children.
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Keywords
Absorptiometry , Photon , Anthropometry , Body composition , Child , Preschool , Diabetes , Gestational , Female , Follow-up studies , Humans , Hypoglycemic agents , Insulin , Male , Metformin , Pregnancy , Prenatal exposure delayed effects
Source
Diabetes Care, vol.34(10), pp.2279 - 2284
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© 2011 by the American Diabetes Association. Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for details.