… fetal leptin concentration due to the decline in neonatal levels … It was reported that leptin
levels in umbilical cord blood at … SGA babies grow rapidly during the early postnatal period as a …

… Based on our results, it was concluded that in obese women with hyperglycaemic … A
positive umbilical venous-arterial difference of leptin level and its rapid decline after birth. Am J …

… Immediately after delivery, levels rapidly decrease back to … Leptin levels are thus positively
correlated with birth weight and … umbilical arteries [46] and a decline in neonatal serum leptin …

… by rapid postnatal weight gain, later gestation at delivery and … replacement, those male
mice achieved a reduction in adult … secrete leptin [12], and leptin levels in the umbilical venous …

… -2, respectively, has increased rapidly during the last decades and … in leptin levels during
pregnancy. However, towards the end of … a significant umbilical venousarterial alanine gradient, …

… affinity and a reduction in oxygen delivery to tissues 40 … -pregnancy BMI, including women
with overweight or obesity 44,77 . Lower umbilical arterial pO 2 and increased venous–arterial …

… leptin levels were positively associated with greater late … model, the prediction accuracy
decreased strongly. This finding … a mixed venous/arterial sample at the time of birth. Not all cord …

… the degree of reaction: crying and quick leg retraction (2 points), … score is routinely measured
at 1 min and at 5 min after birth [21]… We collected the mixed (venous–arterial) umbilical cord …

… The overall higher positive energy balance in terms of higher … of GCs, by a rapid reduction
in expression of StAR and PBR … At birth, leptin knockout and leptin receptor knockout mice …

… an abnormal pulsatility index of the umbilical artery, is routinely … As for the human placenta,
leptin is synthesized in the … glycogen stores, and decreased expression of glucose transporter …