Growing evidence that maternal gestational diabetes increases risk of autism in offspring

Maternal gestational diabetes has been identified in several prior studies as being associated with elevated risk for autism spectrum disorder in offspring.1–4 Maternal gestational diabetes has also been previously associated with impaired language development in offspring.5 Maternal obesity, another indicator of the metabolic syndrome, has been associated with offspring autism in a prior study.3 No studies have examined the timing of the onset of maternal gestational diabetes with respect to autism risk in offspring.
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