Comparison of leptin levels in neonates born to mothers with high or low gestational weight gain
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Paulina Vargas-Aguirre
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Mario Del Toro-Equihua
Abstract
Background
Gestational weight gain (GWG) influences both fetal and maternal health. Leptin is a biomarker that may predict the early development of obesity and greater weight gain in childhood. Newborns with higher neonatal weight have been found to have higher leptin levels in umbilical cord blood (UCB). There are few studies that evaluate leptin levels in UCB according to GWG in women with a normal body mass index (BMI). The aim of the present study was to determine whether the levels of leptin in UCB in neonates born to mothers with a high GWG were higher, compared with levels in newborns whose mothers had a low GWG.
Methods
A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted on 65 primigravidas. They were under 30 years of age, had normal pregestational BMIs, no associated diseases and were classified as having high (n = 22) or low (n = 43) GWG. The neonatal UCB leptin levels were measured and both neonatal and maternal anthropometric evaluations were carried out. The quantitative variables were compared through the Mann-Whitney U test and Student’s t test, as appropriate.
Results
UCB leptin levels were higher in the neonates whose mothers were in the high GWG group, compared with those born to mothers in the low GWG group (7.0 [1.9–11.4] vs. 2.9 [1.2–6.7] ng/mL, p = 0.020). When stratified by sex, that difference was maintained only in male neonates.
Conclusions
UCB leptin levels were higher in neonates born to mothers with a high GWG, compared with those in newborns whose mothers had a low GWG.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the healthcare personnel at the Hospital Regional Universitario in the city of Colima and the State of the same name, for their support, especially the medical residents, interns and nurses in the area of gynecology and obstetrics.
Author contributions: Paulina Vargas-Aguirre participated in the concept of the research question, the collection of the biologic samples, the evaluation of the study subjects, the performance of the laboratory techniques, data collection and analysis, and the writing of the manuscript. Carlos E. Tene participated in the concept of the research question, the data analysis, and the writing of the manuscript and its final revision. Mario Del Toro-Equihua participated in the guidance and performance of the laboratory techniques, laboratory data collection and the writing of the manuscript. Rosalinda Bayardo-Tortolero participated in the collection of the biologic samples and the evaluation of the study subjects. Karmina Sánchez-Meza participated in the data analysis, and the writing of the manuscript. All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of the present manuscript and approved its submission.
Research funding: Paulina Vargas-Aguirre received a grant from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003141 and the research project received financial support from the Programa de Fortalecimiento de Cuerpos Académicos.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organizations played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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