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CHANGES IN LEVELS OF SERUM NON‐ESTERIFIED FATTY ACID AND BLOOD GLUCOSE IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Fairweather D. V. I.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - nefa , endocrinology , medicine , gestation , fatty acid , human placental lactogen , placental lactogen , pregnancy , chemistry , biology , fetus , biochemistry , placenta , insulin , genetics
Summary Serial studies of blood glucose and serum non‐esterified fatty acid (NEFA) levels from the sixth week of gestation to term in normal pregnancies are reported and correlated with (previously reported) levels of HPL from the same patients. The lowering of blood glucose concentration and the rise of NEFA concentration with advancing gestation are confirmed. High values of blood glucose were associated with low NEFA levels, and high values of NEFA with high values of placental lactogen (HPL). There was no correlation between glucose and HPL levels.