Associations of maternal preterm birth with subsequent risk for type 2 diabetes in women from the women's health initiative.

Authors

Aaron Holman-Vittone
Brian Monahan
Erin S LeBlanc
Simin Liu
Rami Nassir
Nazmus Saquib
Peter F. Schnatz, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital/Tower Health, 6th Avenue and Spruce Street, West Reading, PA 19611, USA.Follow
Aladdin H Shadyab
Rachel Sinkey
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Robert A Wild
Lisa Chasan-Taber
JoAnn E Manson
Cassandra N Spracklen

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2023

Abstract

Preterm birth has been associated with insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction, a hallmark characteristic of type 2 diabetes. However, studies investigating the relationship between a personal history of being born preterm and type 2 diabetes are sparse. We sought to investigate the potential association between a personal history of being born preterm and risk for type 2 diabetes in a racially and ethnically diverse population. Baseline and incident data (>16 years of follow-up) from the Women's Health Initiative (

Publication Title

J Dev Orig Health Dis

Volume

14

Issue

3

First Page

333

Last Page

340

Recommended Citation

Holman-Vittone, A., Monahan, B., LeBlanc, E., Liu, S., Nassir, R., Saquib, N., Schnatz, P. F., Shadyab, A., Sinkey, R., Wactawski-Wende, J., Wild, R., Chasan-Taber, L., Manson, J., & Spracklen, C. (2023). Associations of maternal preterm birth with subsequent risk for type 2 diabetes in women from the women's health initiative.. J Dev Orig Health Dis, 14 (3), 333-340. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s2040174423000089