Journal
GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 12, Pages 977-981Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2016.1193850
Keywords
Gestational diabetes mellitus; hsCRP; inflammation; neopterin; pregnancy
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Objective: To determine serum neopterin and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels in patients with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: Neopterin and hsCRP levels were quantified in 28 women with GDM and 20 pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT). Postpartum neopterin and hsCRP levels were measured in a follow-up study. Results: Neopterin levels were significantly higher in women with GDM than in women with NGT (15.89 +/- 8.19 nmol/L versus 10.4 +/- 3.8 nmol/L, p < 0.008, respectively), however the levels significantly decreased after delivery in GDM group (15.89 +/- 8.19 nmol/L versus 11.63 +/- 5.96 nmol/L, p < 0.001). hsCRP levels were not different between women with and without GDM (5.74 +/- 3.91 versus 5.73 +/- 3.34, p = 0.9, respectively). In contrast, hsCRP levels decreased after delivery in patients with GDM (5.74 +/- 3.91 versus 3.78 +/- 2.78, p < 0.01). Neopterin levels were correlated with maternal age (r = 0.3, p = 0.02) and fasting glucose (r = 0.4, p = 0.004), postprandial glucose (r = 0.3, p = 0.01), HbA1c (r = 0.3, p = 0.02), whereas hsCRP levels were correlated with pre-pregnancy (r = 0.3, p = 0.04) and pregnancy body mass index (r = 0.4, p = 0.008). No correlation between serum neopterin and hsCRP levels was found (p = 0.9). Conclusion: Neopterin levels increased in patients with GDM; hence, it may be related to inflammation. However, the lack of correlation between neopterin and hsCRP suggests the role of different attitudes of these two parameters in the course of pregnancy and GDM.
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