Associations between prenatal serum levels of leptin, IGF-I, and estradiol and adolescent mothers' height gain during and after pregnancy.

Mexico is within the top three Latin American countries with the highest proportion of adolescent pregnancies while being in the lowest ten Latin American countries in terms of height. It is still unclear how much growth in adolescence is affected by pregnancy; therefore, this study was designed to...

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Main Authors: Reyna Sámano, Hugo Martínez-Rojano, Gabriela Chico-Barba, María Hernández-Trejo, Raymundo Guzmán, Gabriel Arteaga-Troncoso, Mariana Alejandra Figueroa-Pérez, Rosa María Morales, Gabriela Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228706