Aims/hypothesis. Maternal fuel metabolism is known to exert long range effects on the later development of children of diabetic mothers. Recently cardiovascular disease in adult life has been linked retrospectively with foetal malnutrition. The aim of this study was to identify whether markers for fuel-related cardiovascular programming exist for the offspring of diabetic pregnancy. Methods. Sixty-one children aged 5 to 11 years, of mothers with Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus were compared with 57 randomly selected control children of non-diabetic mothers similar in age, sex and social class. Fasting blood was taken for plasma glucose, insulin, lipids, IGF-1, plasminogen activating inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) and the adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and E-Selectin. Results. Fasting glucose and insulin were similar in the two groups. Differences existed between the offspring of diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies (mean ± SD) for total cholesterol (4. with diabetic pregnancy is the consequence of foetal hyperinsulinism secondary to excess maternal glucose and other fuels. While subsequent data would generally support this concept, the relatively few studies which have examined the question are poorly comparable and focus almost exclusively on growth and glucose regulation [3,4]. Confounding factors include variation in the number of subjects, year of birth, age at follow up, type of diabetes (pregestational, gestational), adequate control subjects and assessment of morbidities. During the intervening four decades, the management of pregnant women and their newborns has improved markedly.Recently others have shown provocative epidemiological evidence that coronary heart disease, and several other chronic adult diseases have their originsThe proposal that maternal fuel metabolism might exert long range effects on human development was first suggested more than 40 years ago [1]. The hypothesis, with minor modification [2], is now widely accepted and envisages that excess foetal growth associated
Objective: The first aim of this study was to assess 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) concentrations in women with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) during pregnancy, post-delivery and also foetal (cord blood) 25OHD concentrations and to examine relationships between these. The second aim of the study was to investigate potential interactions between maternal body mass index (BMI) and foetal vitamin D status. A further study aim was to examine potential relationships between maternal 25OHD and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA 1c ) throughout pregnancy.
Research Design and Methods:This was an observational study of 52 pregnant controls without diabetes and 65 pregnant women with T1DM in a university teaching hospital. Maternal serum 25OHD was measured serially throughout the pregnancy and post-delivery. Cord blood 25OHD was measured at delivery. 25OHD was measured by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).Results: Vitamin D deficiency (25OHD ,25 nmol/L) was apparent in both the T1DM subjects and controls at all 3 pregnancy trimesters. Vitamin D levels in all cord blood were ,50 nmol/L. Maternal 25OHD correlated positively with cord 25OHD at all 3 trimesters in the T1DM group (p = 0.02; p,0.001; p,0.001). 25OHD levels within cord blood were significantly lower for women with diabetes classified as obese vs. normal weight at booking [normal weight BMI ,25 kg/m 2 vs. obese BMI .30 kg/m 2 (nmol/L6SD); 19.93611.15 vs. 13.7364.74, p = 0.026]. In the T1DM group, HbA 1c at booking was significantly negatively correlated with maternal 25OHD at all 3 trimesters (p = 0.004; p = 0.001; p = 0.05).
Conclusion:In T1DM pregnancy, low vitamin D levels persist throughout gestation and post-delivery. Cord blood vitamin D levels correlate with those of the mother, and are significantly lower in obese women than in their normal weight counterparts. Maternal vitamin D levels exhibit a significant negative relationship with HbA 1c levels, supporting a potential role for this vitamin in maintaining glycaemic control.
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