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Second Trimester Maternal Leptin Levels Are Associated with Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain but not Birth Weight of the Infant.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Jan 2019
Serapio Solveig, Ahlsson Fredrik, Larsson Anders, Kunovac Kallak Theodora
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INTRODUCTION: Obesity is increasing among the pregnant population. Leptin has an important role in the regulation of energy balance and hunger. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal leptin levels with maternal obesity, gestational weight gain (GWG), single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the leptin gene, and the age-adjusted birth weight of the child. MATERIAL AND...
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