Effect of maternal obesity on birthweight and neonatal fat mass: A prospective clinical trial

To discriminate the effect of maternal obesity and gestational diabetes on birth weight and adipose tissue of the newborn.Normal BMI women (group N, n = 243; 18.5≤ BMI<25 kg/m2) and obese women (group Ob, n = 253; BMI≥30 kg/m2) were recruited in a prospective study between 15 and 18 weeks of gestation. All women were submitted to a 75g oral glucose tolerance test in the second and third trimester. First trimester fasting blood glucose was also...