Maternal and Umbilical Plasma Lipids Obtained During Elective Cesarean Section as Predictors of Macrosomia in Diabetic Pregnancy

<p>Twenty-five pregnant women were recruited for this study as they presented for elective cesarean section at term. Comparison was made between 10 diabetic women and 15 nondiabetic women: 13 nondiabetic women with normal weight babies and six diabetic women with macrosomic babies. Radial artery, uterine vein, umbilical vein, and umbilical artery blood samples were analyzed in the fasting state for lipoprotein composition. Diabetic and diabetic-macrosomic infants had greater birth weight and skinfold measurements but not greater birth length.</p> <p>It appears that higher triglyceride (TG) levels found A in diabetics (p=0.035) are transferred to the fetus more efficiently (p=0.009) than in nondiabetics. Triglyceride levels however, did not correlate with skinfold measurements. Strong negative correlation was found between skinfolds and both radial artery total cholesterol (r=-0.78; p=0.001) and HDL-C (r=-0.76; p=0.001).</p> <p>KEYWORDS: diabetic pregnancy, macrosomia, umbilical plasma lipids, maternal plasma lipids.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nutrition

Year

1987

Author dc:creator

• Butler, Dianne Greive

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patricia K. Johnson
• James W. Blankenship
• Elmer P. Sakala
• Gerald W. Shavlik

• Nutrition
• Pregnancy in Diabetics; Fetal Macrosomia; Lipids

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1206

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2695