10.6084/m9.figshare.5644579.v1 Esra Nur Ademoglu Esra Nur Ademoglu Suheyla Gorar Suheyla Gorar Muge Keskin Muge Keskin Ayse Carlioglu Ayse Carlioglu Rifki Ucler Rifki Ucler Husamettin Erdamar Husamettin Erdamar Cavit Culha Cavit Culha Yalcin Aral Yalcin Aral Serum nesfatin-1 levels are decreased in pregnant women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes SciELO journals 2017 Gestational diabetes nesfatin-1 insulin resistance 2017-11-29 11:57:28 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Serum_nesfatin-1_levels_are_decreased_in_pregnant_women_newly_diagnosed_with_gestational_diabetes/5644579 <div><p>ABSTRACT Objective To investigate serum nesfatin-1 levels at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy in women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes and determine the association of nesfatin-1 with several metabolic parameters. Subjects and methods Forty women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy and 30 healthy pregnant women matched in age and gestational week were included in this cross-sectional study. Serum nesfatin-1 levels were analyzed using ELISA, and the relationship between nesfatin-1 and several metabolic parameters were assessed. Results Serum nesfatin-1 levels were found to be lower in women with gestational diabetes compared to the pregnant women in the control sample (p = 0.020). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that nesfatin-1 was lower in participants with gestational diabetes independently from gestational age, BMI, HOMA-IR, fasting plasma glucose, and age. In correlation analysis, the only variable that was found to have a statistically significant correlation with nesfatin-1 was gestational age (p = 0.015, r = 0.30). Conclusion Lower nesfatin-1 levels in women with gestational diabetes compared to the control group at 24-28 weeks of gestation draws attention to nesfatin-1 levels in gestational diabetes and motivates further research in this area.</p></div>