Serum Leptin Levels as a Predictor of Pregnancy Course & Outcome.

      Аннотация: The significant relationship detected between mean serum leptin levels early in the second trimester in women who developed hypertensive disorders or gestational diabetes later on, suggests that there is an early predisposition for the development of these complications which can be predicted by the relatively higher serum leptin levels (in relation to each BMI category) among these women before the development of the disease.

Ключевые слова: Diabetes, Hypertension, leptin, pregnancy, COMPLICATIONS, gestational weight gain, postpartum weight retentoion