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Relationship of serum adiponectin levels with lipid profile in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women
Yasmin Akhtar1, Mudassir A Khan1, Muhammad S Khan1, Muhammad K Malik2, Gulalai Rehman3, Seemin Kashif4
1 Department of Biochemistry, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan
2 Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3 Balochistan Institute of Nephro-Urology, Quetta, Pakistan
4 Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Correspondence Address:
Seemin Kashif,
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
Pakistan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_40_22
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Context: Adiponectin levels correlate positively with high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and negatively with serum triglyceride (TAG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and serum total cholesterol (TC). Aims: To find the relationship of serum adiponectin levels with lipid profiles in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women. Settings and Design: The study was performed in four public hospitals and one private tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. This study was a cross-sectional study. Methods and Material: Group A included 100 non-diabetic pregnant women, and Group B included 100 women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Inclusion criteria were a single fetus, 24 to 40 weeks pregnancy, with or without gestational diabetes. Exclusion criteria were multiple pregnancies, pre-existing diabetes, and other comorbidities. The serum adiponectin level and lipid profile of both groups were measured. Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive analysis of all the variables was done. Independent-sample T-tests, Pearson's correlations, and binary logistic regression analyses were performed on SPSS version 20. Results: Adiponectin level was significantly lower in Group B (2.17 ± 1.84 μg/mL) as compared to Group A (9.94 ± 4.81 μg/mL). HDL level was significantly lower than normal in Group B. TC and LDL levels were higher than normal in both groups. A statistically significant relationship was found between adiponectin and HDL only. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that low adiponectin levels could predict diabetes in pregnancy. Conclusions: Regression analysis could not establish any relationship between adiponectin and lipid profile. However, adiponectin levels could show a relationship with the diabetic group. Hence adiponectin levels could possibly prove to be a biomarker of GDM.
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