Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Maternal glycaemia and child educational attainment at age 5 in the Born in Bradford cohort
Authors' conclusion
These findings offer insights into the developmental origins of inequalities in child educational outcomes and highlight potential opportunities to optimise future health and learning through interventions during pregnancy.
Study context
- Population
- Children from the UK's Born in Bradford cohort
- Participants
- 13,627 children
- Exposure
- Higher vs lower maternal glycaemia
- Outcome
- Failure to achieve a 'good level of development' on the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
- Follow-up
- Age five
Methodological detailsmultivariable Poisson regression, accounting for sibling clusters, multiple imputation for missing data
- Multivariable Poisson regression
- Accounting for sibling clusters
- Multiple imputation for missing data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Failure to achieve a good level of development, per higher maternal fasting glucose (26-28 weeks gestation)
Adjusted RR, higher maternal fasting glucose
1.04
95% CI 1.00, 1.08p = 0.034
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Fasting glucose association by ethnicity
- Association appeared stronger in children of Pakistani vs White British ethnicity
2-h post-load glucose and GDM diagnosis
- No association for 2-h post-load glucose or GDM diagnosis
Original publication
Maternal glycaemia and child educational attainment at age 5 in the Born in Bradford cohort. Diabet Med. Published 5 April 2026. doi:10.
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