About this trial
The overall aim of this project is to understand the independent roles of maternal factors, intrauterine exposures, genetic factors, and postnatal environment on the development of obesity and youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) in childhood.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Pregnant women with type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, or no diabetes.
From self-identified Indigenous heritage (e.g., Cree, Oji-Cree, Métis, Anishinaabe, etc.).
Are delivering and residing in Manitoba.
Mother/Father and children must be biological family members.
Disqualifiers
Mothers or children with type 1 diabetes.
Residing outside of Manitoba.
Trial population
Children between the age of 0 and 18 or until a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Diagnosis of diabetes will be made according to the Canadian Diabetes Association criteria. There must be 2 abnormal blood glucose tests on different days OR 1 abnormal blood glucose test + symptoms of diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose of \> 7.0 mmol/L or Random glucose \> 11.1mmol/L or 2-hour glucose \> 11.1 mmol/L after a standard oral glucose tolerance test (75g).
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Observational screening study
Other intervention
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Obesity
Development of obesity defined by the International task force on obesity cut offs for age and gender.
Type 2 Diabetes
Development of type 2 diabetes defined by diagnostic criteria in the Canadian Diabetes association 2008 guidelines in childhood (≤ 7 years) or adolescence (12-16 years).
Sponsors and contacts
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University of Manitoba
Lead sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborator
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Collaborator