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Second trimester postload glucose level as an important predictor of low birth weight infants: Tanaka Women's Clinic
Yoko Yachi1, Yasuhiro Tanaka2, Izumi Nishibata3
1Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yamanashi, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan; Tanaka Women's Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Although it is well known that the maternal prepregnancy BMI is a strong contributor to fetal growth, our results showed that a low postload glucose level, although within normal range, independent of maternal BMI was strongly associated with an increased risk of low birth weight births among Japanese mothers.
Although it is well known that the maternal prepregnancy BMI is a strong contributor to fetal growth, our results showed that a low postload glucose level, although within normal range, independent of maternal BMI was strongly associated with an increased risk of low birth weight births among Japanese mothers.