Is obesity in pregnancy associated with signs of chronic fetal hypoxia?
Hanna ÅmarkMeeli SirotkinaMagnus WestgrenNikos PapadogiannakisMartina PerssonPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2020)
This study of term and uneventful pregnancies demonstrated a positive association between maternal obesity and concentrations of erythropoietin in cord blood at birth. This finding supports the hypothesis of chronic fetal hypoxia as a risk factor for complications in the pregnancies of obese women. There were no differences in lesions associated with hypoxia between placentas of obese and lean women.
Keyphrases
- pregnancy outcomes
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- cord blood
- pregnant women
- gestational age
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- endothelial cells
- preterm birth
- birth weight
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- bariatric surgery
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- preterm infants
- bone mineral density
- risk factors
- body composition
- recombinant human