The Association of Maternal Protein Intake during Pregnancy in Humans with Maternal and Offspring Insulin Sensitivity Measures
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Keywords:
protein
pregnancy
insulin sensitivity
obesity
insulin resistance
maternal
offspring
gestational diabetes mellitus
diabetes
Abbreviations used:
AGE
advanced glycation end-product
BCAA
branched-chain amino acid
EAR
estimated average requirement
FFM
fat-free mass
GDM
gestational diabetes mellitus
GLUT-4
glucose transporter type 4
OGTT
oral-glucose-tolerance test
TEI
total energy intake
T2DM
type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Supported by USDA Agricultural Research Service Project 6026-51000-010-05S, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant R01 DK107516, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant 1P20GM109096-01A1 (to AA and EB), and NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences grant 1U54TR001629-01A1 (to EB).
Author disclosures: BRA, AA, and EB, no conflicts of interest.
Copyright © 2019 American Society for Nutrition. Published by Elsevier Inc.