期刊
ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
卷 92, 期 7, 页码 862-865出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12149
关键词
Adiposity; corticosteroids; developmental origins; sexual dimorphism; translational biology
资金
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Health Research Council of Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development
Clinical practice guidelines for elective cesarean section at early-term gestation (37-38weeks) recommend antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal respiratory morbidity. However, the long-term health implications for offspring exposed to corticosteroids at term are unknown and may differ from the effects of preterm corticosteroid exposure. We therefore randomized singleton-bearing ewes (n=64) to receive a clinically relevant dose of corticosteroids at term or no treatment. Body composition was assessed in adult offspring using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Relative to skeletal size female, but not male, offspring of steroid-treated ewes had increased weight and a greater fat mass than controls (relative weight: 49.1 +/- 1.1 vs. 52.9 +/- 1.2kg/m2, p=0.02; relative fat mass: 5.4 +/- 0.7 vs. 3.4 +/- 0.7kg/m2, p=0.04). Whether corticosteroid exposure at early-term gestation increases adult adiposity in humans is unknown and needs further investigation.
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