… the relationships between serum leptin levels in the umbilical vein (UV) and artery (UA)
and the anthropometry of mothers and neonates. STUDY DESIGN: Blood was taken from 61 …

… We measured leptin from the umbilical vein. Tamura et al 19 showed an … correlation for
leptin concentrations between the umbilical artery and umbilical vein, suggesting that umbilical …

… months, decreased cord leptin levels together with gestational diabetes mellitus are related
to a … In fact, the adipose tissue, the placenta and the vascular endothelium of the mother have …

… the relationship between levels of leptin in the cord, and serum leptin of mothers also …
Our the main goal was to investigate the association of maternal and fetal leptin levels with …

… Cord blood was collected from the umbilical vein on EDTA, kept at 4C for one to twenty-four …
Our results do not, however, suggest that leptin concentrations or anthropometric measures …

… Anthropometric data for the mother and the infant were … higher in the umbilical artery than in
the umbilical vein (p 5 0.01)… the first time that leptin concentrations in the umbilical vessels at …

… anthropometric parameters are associated with both leptin and soluble leptin receptor (sLEPR)
levels in newborns and their mothers… mother-newborn pairs. The venous blood sample of …

… risk of obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic complications … and leptin concentrations and
neonatal anthropometry. … regional neonatal anthropometry and its relationship to fetal leptin …

… environment, elicited by maternal dietary or placental insufficiency, may ‘programme’
susceptibility of the fetus to later development of cardiovascular or metabolic diseases such as …

… studies point out the association between leptin levels and maternal weight gain. Our study
didn’t show any correlation between leptin levels in newborn and BMI in mothers, as shown …