PMID- 37081228 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230728 LR - 20230728 IS - 1720-8386 (Electronic) IS - 0391-4097 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 9 DP - 2023 Sep TI - Maternal androgen excess increases the risk of pre-diabetes mellitus in male offspring in later life: a long-term population-based follow-up study. PG - 1775-1785 LID - 10.1007/s40618-022-01972-7 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Prenatal androgen exposure could be a source of early programming, leading to the development of cardiometabolic diseases in later life. In this study, we aimed to examine cardiometabolic disturbances in males exposed to maternal androgen excess during their prenatal life. METHODS: In this prospective population-based study, 409 male offspring with maternal hyperandrogenism (MHA), and 954 male offspring without MHA, as controls, were included. Both groups of male offspring were followed from the baseline to the date of the incidence of events, censoring, or end of the study period, whichever came first. Age-scaled unadjusted and adjusted Cox regression models were applied to assess the hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between MHA with pre-diabetes mellitus (Pre-DM), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), pre-hypertension (Pre-HTN), hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia, overweight, and obesity in the offspring of both groups. Statistical analysis was performed using the STATA software package; the significance level was set at P < 0.05. RESULTS: A higher risk of Pre-DM (adjusted HR: 1.46 (1.20, 1.78)) was observed in male offspring with MHA after adjustment for potential confounders, including body mass index, education, and physical activity. However, no significant differences were observed in the risk of T2DM, Pre-HTN, HTN, dyslipidemia, overweight, and obesity in males with MHA compared to controls in both the unadjusted and adjusted models. CONCLUSION: Maternal androgen excess increases the risk of Pre-DM in male offspring in later life. More longitudinal studies with long enough follow-up are needed to clarify the effects of MHA on the cardiometabolic risk factors of male offspring in later life. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE). FAU - Farhadi-Azar, M AU - Farhadi-Azar M AD - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 23 Arabi, Yaman Street, VelenjakTehran, 1985717413, Iran. FAU - Noroozzadeh, M AU - Noroozzadeh M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3769-5160 AD - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 23 Arabi, Yaman Street, VelenjakTehran, 1985717413, Iran. noroozzadeh@endocrine.ac.ir. FAU - Ghahremani, M AU - Ghahremani M AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Education Program in Reproduction and Development, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. FAU - Rahmati, M AU - Rahmati M AD - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 23 Arabi, Yaman Street, VelenjakTehran, 1985717413, Iran. FAU - Saei Ghare Naz, M AU - Saei Ghare Naz M AD - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 23 Arabi, Yaman Street, VelenjakTehran, 1985717413, Iran. FAU - Azizi, F AU - Azizi F AD - Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Ramezani Tehrani, F AU - Ramezani Tehrani F AD - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 23 Arabi, Yaman Street, VelenjakTehran, 1985717413, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230420 PL - Italy TA - J Endocrinol Invest JT - Journal of endocrinological investigation JID - 7806594 RN - 0 (Androgens) SB - IM MH - Pregnancy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - *Diabetes, Gestational/epidemiology MH - Androgens MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology/etiology MH - Overweight/epidemiology MH - Prospective Studies MH - Obesity/epidemiology MH - *Hypertension/epidemiology/etiology MH - Body Mass Index MH - Risk Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Maternal androgen excess OT - Offspring OT - Pre-diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2023/04/21 00:42 MHDA- 2023/07/28 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/20 23:30 PHST- 2022/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/21 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/20 23:30 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s40618-022-01972-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40618-022-01972-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Endocrinol Invest. 2023 Sep;46(9):1775-1785. doi: 10.1007/s40618-022-01972-7. Epub 2023 Apr 20.