The GLOWING Study: Growing Life, Optimizing Wellness 2

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03281850

206846

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will help us learn more about how maternal health can influence child health.

Full description

This study follows people who are healthy and less than 36 weeks pregnant to see how the mother's health can impact their child's growth and development. Up to 300 people including the mother and their future child will be a part of this study. The study will follow the child until they are two years of age.

Enrollment: 212 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pre-pregnancy BMI 18.5-45
• Singleton pregnancy
• at least 18 years of age
• conceived without assisted fertility treatments

Exclusion criteria

• Preexisting medical conditions (e.g. DM, GDM, CRF, HTN, pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, malignancies, seizure disorder, lupus, serious psychiatric disorders)
• sexually transmitted diseases
• medications during pregnancy known to influence fetal growth
• smoking, alcohol drinking or drug use during pregnancy