Objective To determine 1. the relationship between maternal serum leptin concentrations
and maternal anthropometry and 2. the relationship between cord serum leptin …

Objectives TO determine maternal serum leptin concentrations throughout normal
pregnancy, as well as cord blood leptin concentration, and to correlate serum and cord …

Objective TO determine whether there is a difference in maternal leptin concentration and
cord blood concentration, consistent with the hypothesis of a noncommunicating, two …

Objective: To explore the relationship between leptin levels and fat mass at the time of birth
to test the hypothesis that the level of leptin in the fetal circulation is primarily an index of …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that maternal and cord serum leptin concentrations
correlate with birth weight of infants. Methods: Pregnant women (n= 135) of low …

Objective To test the hypothesis that the circulating levels of leptin in the maternal and cord
serum correlate with the birthweight of the newborns and with the weight of the placenta …

Aims: To investigate the relationship between fetal weight and leptin levels in maternal
serum, amniotic fluid and umbilical cord. Methods: Forty pregnant women presenting for …

Introduction Studies have demonstrated leptin involvement in the physiology and
pathophysiology of pregnancy and suggest that leptin may be a prognostic marker for some …

Leptin is an important regulator of body fat mass and energy expenditure during adult life.
The mechanisms by which maternal and fetal weight are regulated during pregnancy are …

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether fetal growth restriction is associated with alterations of
leptin concentrations in umbilical cord blood and maternal serum. METHODS Maternal …