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Metabolic complications associated with GDM. Several metabolic risks link maternal GDM to fetal and neonatal health outcomes in utero. These obstetrical comorbidities influence fetal growth and development from embryogenesis to offspring adulthood and are mostly caused by dysfunction in glucose, insulin, and lipid pathways. The majority of these clinical conditions in GDM mothers are developed and persistent in the offspring later in life.
