Francesca Carasi-Schwartz

Paternal but not maternal adiposity is associated with reduced insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in neonatal umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells

Parental adiposity is linked to offspring cardiometabolic risk, but whether altered insulin responsiveness is measurable at birth is unclear. We examined associations among maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI, documented in the medical record) and paternal preconception B...