Glucose Metabolism in Pregnancy
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2025) | Viewed by 9925
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Maternal health before and during pregnancy is important for the future health of both mother and child. For instance, the offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes have an increased risk of birth complications associated with increased birthweight and adiposity, such as shoulder dystocia, neonatal hypoglycemia, and obesity, as well as for developing metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in adult life. It is also well known that women with gestational diabetes are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases later in life, and it has been estimated that around 50% of the women diagnosed with gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within 5–10 years. In this Special Issue, I sincerely welcome review articles, as well as clinical and original research articles studying glucose metabolism in pregnancy and gestational diabetes. This Special Issue will also be dedicated to the consequences related to gestational diabetes for both mother and child.
Dr. Moen Gunn-Helen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- glucose metabolism
- gestational diabetes
- pregnancy
- diabetes
- glucose
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