Association of increased fetal epicardial fat thickness with maternal pregestational and gestational diabetes.

Baris Sever Burak Bayraktar Duygu Adiyaman Hakan Golbasi Ibrahim Omeroglu Saygın Çolak Halil Gursoy Pala Atalay Ekin

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2023)

Fetal EFT is greater in pregnancies with diabetes than in normal pregnancies, and also greater in PGDM than in GDM. In addition, fetal EFT is strongly correlated with maternal blood glucose levels in diabetic pregnancies.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
blood glucose
gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
glycemic control
type diabetes
pregnant women
cardiovascular disease
adipose tissue
blood pressure
optical coherence tomography
metabolic syndrome
fatty acid
body mass index
wound healing
physical activity
skeletal muscle