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Table 1 Studies included in the systematic review investigating the association between exposure to HIP and offspring BP

From: Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and offspring blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study, year

Study setting

Study design

Study details

Maternal diabetes type

Diabetes definition

Diabetes treatment

BP measurement

Outcome

Number of participants

Mean±SD in cases

Mean±SD in controls

Vohr et al. 1995 [49]

USA

Prospective cohort

All mothers were screened for GDM in a universal screen program instituted in 1982.

GDM.

Criteria for screening tests for GDM [52]

Treatment with insulin and diet.

Digital measurement.

NR

119; 143

NR

NR

Pribylova et al. 1996 [45]

The Czech Republic

Prospective cohort

Control: offspring of healthy mothers without a family history of diabetes.

T1DM.

Medical diagnosis.

NR

NR

SBP, DBP

148; 31

NR

107.0 ± 14.48

65.7 ± 10.58

Cho et al. 2000 [35]

USA

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM, preGDM.

Criteria for screening tests for GDM.

Diet controlled unless glycemic targets not achieved, then insulin controlled.

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

99(GDM: 44, preGDM: 55); 80

118.0 ± 12.0

70.5 ± 9.5

110 ± 11.3

68.9 ± 9.4

Manderson et al. 2002 [41]

UK

Prospective cohort

Control: children ‘without family history of diabetes’.

T1DM.

Medical diagnosis.

Treatment with insulin.

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

61; 57

103.8 ± 10.2

57.8 ± 6.9

105.8 ± 13.9

58.8 ± 10.5

Bunt et al. 2005 [32]

India

Prospective cohort

Children of a diabetic pregnancy born before the mother developed diabetes.

T2DM.

GWHO.

NR

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

22; 20

118.0 ± 13.0

63.1 ± 10.2

107.0 ± 10

61.6 ± 8.9

Boney et al. 2005 [31]

Rhode Island-USA

Retrospective cohort

Control: children ‘without family history of diabetes’.

GDM.

Carpenter and Coustan criteria.

Diet controlled unless glycemic target not achieved, then insulin controlled.

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

81; 77

107.4 ± 10.4

57.9 ± 8.2

104.2 ± 8.6

55.5 ± 7.9

Tam et al. 2008 [47]

HK-CHN

Prospective study

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM.

GWHO 1999.

NR

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

63; 101

91.0 ± 11.7

61.0 ± 5.1

90.0 ± 10.9

58.0±7.1

Buzinaro et al. 2008 [33]

Brazil

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM.

Diagnosed by OGTT result.

Insulin treatment in 31% of the mothers.

NR

SBP, DBP

23; 27

102.0 ± 13.0

68.0 ± 9.0

101.0 ± 11.0

68.0±10.0

Pirkola et al. 2008 [44]

Oulu-Finland

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

T1DM, GDM.

National guidelines.

Diet controlled unless glycemic targets not achieved.

NR

SBP, DBP

38(GDM: 22, T1DM: 16); 25

99.2 ± 6.2

60.2 ± 5.4

101.7 ± 7.7

58.1 ±6.6

Wright et al. 2009 [51]

Massachusetts-USA

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM.

Diagnosed by OGTT result.

Treated with diet, exercise, and in some cases insulin.

Digital measurement

SBP

51; 1035

96.0 ± 11.0

NR

92.0 ± 10.0

NR

Catalano et al. 2009 [34]

USA

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM.

National Diabetes Data Group criteria.

Diet controlled unless glycemic target not achieved, then insulin controlled.

NR

SBP, DBP

37; 52

110.0 ± 11.0

58.0 ± 7.0

108.0 ± 12.0

60.0 ± 8.0

Krishnaveni et al. 2010 [37]

Mysore-India

Prospective cohort

Control: children whose mothers had normal OGTT result.

GDM.

Carpenter and Coustan criteria.

NR

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

35; 381

104.54 ± 9.44

59.97 ± 5.8

100.65 ± 8.78

58.25 ± 6.75

Kvehaugen et al. 2010 [39]

Oslo-Norway

Prospective cohort

Cardiovascular health in mother and offspring after pregnancy complications

T1DM, GDM.

GWHO.

NR

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

22(GDM: 12, T1DM: 10); 17

97.0 ± 7.2

58.6 ± 6.2

98.2 ± 5.7

58.1 ± 4.6

Lindsay et al. 2010 [40]

Scotland

Prospective cohort

FIGS study. All mothers were screened for GDM.

T1DM.

National Guidelines.

NR

Digital measurement

NR

100; 45

NR

NR

West [50] et al. 2011

Colorado-USA

Retrospective cohort

Control: children without intrauterine growth restriction.

T1DM, GDM.

Diagnosed by OGTT result.

NR

NR

SBP, DBP

99(GDM: 91, T1DM: 8); 422

102.9 ± 9.6

69.4 ± 7.7

103.2±10.1

70.1±7.8

Tsadok et al. 2011 [48]

Jerusalem-Israel

Retrospective cohort

All births occurred in western Jerusalem between 1964 and 1976.

GDM.

Medical diagnosis.

NR

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

293; 59499

121.56 ± 12.30

75.12 ± 7.44

119.84 ± 12.06

73.47±8.30

Rijpert et al. 2011 [46]

Netherlands

Prospective cohort

Investigator blinded to specific characteristics of the pregnancy and neonatal outcome.

T1DM.

Medical diagnosis.

Treatment with insulin.

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

213; 79

100.4 ± 8.8

58.8 ± 5.8

96.5 ± 8.0

58.1 ± 5.3

Krishnaveni et al. 2015 [38]

India

Prospective cohort

Children whose mothers divided by OGTT results.

GDM.

Medical diagnosis.

NR

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

26; 165

110.5 ± 8.1

61.7 ± 6.5

109 ± 8.3

61.4 ± 7.0

Tam et al. 2017 [21]

HK-CHN

Prospective cohort

Children whose mothers divided by OGTT results.

GDM.

GWHO 2013.

NR

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

132; 794

104 ± 8.7

63.0 ± 8.1

102.0 ± 8.9

62.0 ± 7.9

Guttier et al. 2019 [36]

Pelotas- Brazil

Prospective cohort

Data from the hospital interview and the 6- and 11 year follow-ups were used.

GDM.

Medical diagnosis.

NR

Digital measurement

SBP, DBP

Two age groups;

112; 3410

111; 3381

101.53 ± 11.13

62.21 ± 9.34;

115.79 ± 11.34

67.76 ± 8.01

99.07 ± 9.63

60.42 ± 8.75;

113.03 ± 11.25

66.02 ± 8.72

Miranda et al. 2019 [42]

Porto- Portugal

Prospective cohort

Recruited 8647 children from all public maternity units of Porto, Portugal, during 2005 to 2006.

T1DM, T2DM, and GDM.

Medical diagnosis.

NR

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

Three age group:

298; 4223

392; 5178

365; 4760

98.60 ± 8.49

58.01 ± 8.18;

106.16 ± 9.18

70.50 ± 7.33;

111.30 ± 9.77

70.22 ± 7.16

98.25 ± 8.37

57.73 ± 8.10;

105.47 ± 8.84

69.99 ± 7.58;

109.59 ± 9.31

69.26 ± 6.91

Lu et al. 2019 [18]

Tianjin- CHN

Prospective cohort

An urban universal screening of GDM.

GDM.

GWHO 1999.

Treatment with insulin.

Manual measurement

SBP, DBP

578; 578

97.2 ± 8.9

60.3 ± 8.2

94.3 ± 8.3

59.9 ± 6.6

Perng et al. 2020 [43]

Colorado- USA

Prospective cohort

/

GDM.

Medical diagnosis.

diet and/or exercise only, diet and/or exercise with insulin, and insulin only.

Digital measurement

SBP

92; 505

111.38 ± 8.74

NR

108.98 ± 11.21

NR

  1. NR not reported, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, GWHO guidelines of WHO, ACOG The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, T1DM Type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure