Maternal and cord blood adiponectin levels in relation to post-natal body size in infants in the first year of life: a prospective study

Adiponectin is an adipocyte hormone involved in energy homeostasis and metabolism. However, its role in early infancy is poorly understood. We recruited a total of 443 pregnant women and their children in this prospective study. Cord blood samples were successfully obtained from 331 neonates. Matern...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2016-07, Vol.16 (1), p.189-189, Article 189
Main Authors: Zhang, Zhe-Qing, Lu, Qing-Gui, Huang, Jie, Jiao, Chang-Ya, Huang, Shao-Ming, Mao, Li-Mei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipocytes
Adiponectin - blood
Adult
Age
Babies
Birth weight
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Body Size
Body Weight
Diabetes
Ethnicity
Female
Fetal Blood - chemistry
Gestational Age
Health risk assessment
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Maternal Serum Screening Tests
Obesity
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimesters - blood
Prospective Studies
Womens health
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Summary:Adiponectin is an adipocyte hormone involved in energy homeostasis and metabolism. However, its role in early infancy is poorly understood. We recruited a total of 443 pregnant women and their children in this prospective study. Cord blood samples were successfully obtained from 331 neonates. Maternal and umbilical blood serum adiponectin were measured. The weight-, height- and BMI-for-age Z scores of infants at birth and at 3, 6 and 12 months of age were assessed. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that cord blood but not maternal serum adiponectin was positively associated with all of the anthropometric measures at birth (P 
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-016-0978-9