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Leptin during and after preeclamptic or normal pregnancy: its relation to serum insulin and insulin sensitivity




TekijätLaivuori H, Kaaja R, Koistinen H, Karonen SL, Andersson S, Koivisto V, Ylikorkala O

Julkaisuvuosi2000

JournalMetabolism

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiMetabolism: clinical and experimental

Lehden akronyymiMetabolism

Vuosikerta49

Numero2

Aloitussivu259

Lopetussivu63

Sivujen määrä5

ISSN0026-0495

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0026-0495(00)91559-2


Tiivistelmä
Hyperleptinemia may be part of the insulin resistance syndrome. We studied serum leptin in preeclampsia, which is an insulin-resistant state, and sought associations between leptin and insulin or insulin sensitivity during and after pregnancy. Twenty-two proteinuric preeclamptic women and 16 normotensive controls were studied during the third trimester. Leptin was higher in preeclampsia (mean +/- SE, 34.6 +/- 3.9 v 20.0 +/- 3.3 microg/L, P = .002) and correlated directly with the level of proteinuria (r = .47, P = .03) and normal pregnancy (r = .52, P = .04), whereas insulin sensitivity as assessed by an intravenous glucose tolerance test showed no relationship to leptin. Leptin was 19.0 +/- 3.6 microg/L in 14 preeclamptic women and 10.1 +/- 2.0 microg/L (P = .11) in 11 controls 3 months after delivery. Leptin correlated directly with insulin both in preeclamptic puerperal women (r = .63, P = .02) and in controls (r = .81, P = .003). Leptin and insulin sensitivity correlated only in preeclamptic puerperal women (r = -.59, P = .02). In conclusion, (1) serum leptin is elevated in preeclampsia, (2) insulin is an important determinant of serum leptin in preeclamptic and normotensive women both during pregnancy and in the puerperium, and (3) hyperleptinemia may be part of the insulin resistance syndrome also in women with prior preeclampsia.



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