Background Leptin and insulin levels are key factors regulating fetal and neonatal energy
homeostasis, development and growth. Both biomarkers are used as predictors of weight …

Purpose To ascertain the association between umbilical cord levels of adiponectin, leptin
and resistin, and birth weight (BW) and newborn weight change (NWC) in the first 96 h of …

Cord leptin is a biomarker of fetal growth and adiposity with a role in predicting weight gain
during the first months of life and childhood obesity. Our objective was to calculate gender …

Introduction The fetus that fails to meet its ideal growth trajectory has increased risks of poor
health outcomes throughout life.“Gold standard” methods of anthropometric assessment …

Background: The literature provides limited evidence of cord blood leptin levels in
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), with contradictory and inconsistent results with respect …

To investigate gender differences, if any, in leptin concentrations from umbilical cord blood
of new born infants of mothers with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), gestational diabetes …

Objective: To examine the association of cord blood leptin with body mass index (BMI)
growth velocity from birth to 12 months of age among infants exposed and not exposed to …

Leptin is secreted during pregnancy by the placenta and by the maternal and fetal adipose
tissues. The leptin levels mainly reflect the amount of fat stored and thus are indicative of the …

Background Leptin is an adipocyte‐secreted hormone that regulates energy homeostasis,
while its role in fetal programming remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate the …

Objective To investigate the effect of reducing the n‐6/n‐3 fatty acid ratio in maternal
nutrition on the maternal and cord blood leptin axis and their association with infant body …