Birth weight, weight z-score, BMI, and/or large for gestational age status were positively associated with cord blood high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) at the first GDM visit and negatively correlated with maternal quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) and HDL at the first GDM visit [10]. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is gestational diabetes.