Maternal lipids and leptin concentrations are associated with large-for-gestational-age births: a prospective cohort study

Abstract The change in maternal lipid, leptin and adiponectin concentrations during pregnancy and infant birth weight (BW) is still poorly characterized. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate the association of maternal lipids, leptin and adiponectin throughout pregnancy with large-for-gestatio...

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Main Authors: Dayana Rodrigues Farias, Lucilla Poston, Ana Beatriz Franco-Sena, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Thatiana Pinto, Lívia Costa de Oliveira, Gilberto Kac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00941-y