First trimester maternal BMI is a positive predictor of cord blood c-peptide levels while maternal visfatin levels is a negative predictor of birth weight.

Georgios Valsamakis,Dimitrios C. Papatheodorou,Alexandra Margeli,Vassilios Bakoulas,Efthymios Kapantais,Ioannis Papassotiriou,George Creatsas,Sudhesh Kumar,George Mastorakos

First trimester maternal BMI is a positive predictor of cord blood c-peptide levels while maternal visfatin levels is a negative predictor of birth weight.

2014

Georgios Valsamakis
Dimitrios C. Papatheodorou
Alexandra Margeli
Vassilios Bakoulas
Efthymios Kapantais
Ioannis Papassotiriou
George Creatsas
Sudhesh Kumar
George Mastorakos

OBJECTIVE The role of first trimester maternal body mass index (BMI) and adipocytokines in cord blood c-peptide and birth weight in pregnancy was investigated.

Keywords:

Adipokine
Body mass index
C peptide levels
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Cord blood
Pregnancy
Diabetes mellitus
Birth weight
Medicine
Insulin
Leptin
Adiponectin

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