Social and economic factors, maternal behaviours in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity in the PANDORA cohort

DK Longmore; ELM Barr; F Barzi; IL Lee; M Kirkwood; C Connors; J Boyle; K O'Dea; P Zimmet; J Oats; P Catalano; HD McIntyre; ADH Brown; JE Shaw; LJ Maple-Brown

Journal article

Social and economic factors, maternal behaviours in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity in the PANDORA cohort

DK Longmore, ELM Barr, F Barzi, IL Lee, M Kirkwood, C Connors, J Boyle, K O'Dea, P Zimmet, J Oats, P Catalano, HD McIntyre, ADH Brown, JE Shaw, LJ Maple-Brown

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108028

Abstract

Background: Australian Indigenous women experience high rates of social disadvantage and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in pregnancy, but it is not known how social factors and maternal behaviours impact neonatal adiposity in offspring of women with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. Methods: Participants were Indigenous (n = 404) and Europid (n = 240) women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or T2D in pregnancy and their offspring in the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study. Social, economic factors, and maternal behaviours were measured in pregnancy and six neonatal anthropometric outcomes were examined after birth. Results: On univariate analysis, maternal e..

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Danielle Longmore Author

I-Lynn Lee Author

Jeremy Oats Author

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PREGNANCY AND NEONATAL DIABETES OUTCOMES IN REMOTE AUSTRALIA (PANDORA) COHORT

The PANDORA study is a longitudinal birth cohort study recruited from a clinical register of Northern Territory women with diabetes in pregn..

NTDIP: NORTHERN TERRITORY DIABETES IN PREGNANCY PROJECT

Diabetes in pregnancy provides exposure to high sugar levels before birth which can result in the child developing obesity, diabetes and car..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The PANDORA study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC Partnership Project Grant #1032116, NHMRC #1078333). DKL was supported by a NHMRC scholarship (#1038372), LJMB was supported by a NHMRC fellowship (#605837) and NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (#1078477). ELMB was supported by a National Heart Foundation post-doctoral fellowship (#101291). ILL was supported by Australian Postgraduate award and Menzies scholarship. ADHB was supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (#1137563) and a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship. JES was supported by a NHMRC Fellowship (#1079438). This paper reflects the views of the authors and not the NHMRC.