Abstract

Twenty-five pregnant women were recruited for this study as they presented for elective cesarean section at term. Comparison was made between 10 diabetic women and 15 nondiabetic women: 13 nondiabetic women with normal weight babies and six diabetic women with macrosomic babies. Radial artery, uterine vein, umbilical vein, and umbilical artery blood samples were analyzed in the fasting state for lipoprotein composition. Diabetic and diabetic-macrosomic infants had greater birth weight and skinfold measurements but not greater birth length.

It appears that higher triglyceride (TG) levels found A in diabetics (p=0.035) are transferred to the fetus more efficiently (p=0.009) than in nondiabetics. Triglyceride levels however, did not correlate with skinfold measurements. Strong negative correlation was found between skinfolds and both radial artery total cholesterol (r=-0.78; p=0.001) and HDL-C (r=-0.76; p=0.001).

KEYWORDS: diabetic pregnancy, macrosomia, umbilical plasma lipids, maternal plasma lipids.

Department

Nutrition

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Patricia K. Johnson

Second Advisor

James W. Blankenship

Third Advisor

Elmer P. Sakala

Fourth Advisor

Gerald W. Shavlik

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1987

Date (Title Page)

9-1987

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Pregnancy in Diabetics; Fetal Macrosomia; Lipids

Type

Thesis

Page Count

ii; 20

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

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This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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