Ultrasound assessment of maternal adipose tissue during 1st trimester screening for aneuploidies and risk of developing gestational diabetes.

Francesco D'AmbrosiGabriele RossiChiara Maria Soldavini Matteo Di Maso Floriana Ilma CarboneGiulia E CeteraEnrico ColosiEnrico Mario Ferrazzi

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2020)

Sonographic thickness of maternal visceral adipose tissue was greater in women with GDM than in non-diabetic patients, independently of other known risk factors associated with GDM in the 1st and in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Thus, this measurement may be considered of clinical use in 1st trimester screening.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
adipose tissue
pregnant women
insulin resistance
preterm birth
high fat diet
gestational age
birth weight
magnetic resonance imaging
optical coherence tomography
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
weight gain