OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between birth weight and lipid levels in a cohort of UK female twins. METHODS AND RESULTS Birth weights and fasting blood lipid levels were available for 2900 women aged 18 to 80 years. Individual level regressions indicated that a 1-kg increase in birth weight was associated with a 0.08-mmol/L decrease in total cholesterol (95% confidence interval [CI...

conclusions acupressure at both acupoints reduced anxiety level and increased maternal-fetal attachment. this method can be easily used in the delivery room. results the results revealed no significant difference among the three groups regarding the anxiety level before the intervention (p > 0.05). one hour after the intervention, this measure was significantly lower in the intervention groups ...

Maternal, fetal and neonatal complications are correlated with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.  In this context, the maternal blood uric acid level is reported to be one of the prognostic factors in determining the prenatal outcome.  Based on the existing data, the present descriptive study was performed on two groups of women with severe preeclampsia; the first group (n=53) with a uri...

The current work aimed to study the effect of preeclampsia on maternal serum level of beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin and maternal plasma level of adenosine deaminase. Ninety pregnant women with gestational age 24 26 weeks were selected for this study, they were classified into three groups: group 1 consists of 30 women with normal pregnancy, group 2 consists of 30 patients with mi...

Maternal health during gestational period is undoubtedly critical in shaping optimal fetal development and future of the offspring. Gestational diabetes mellitus a metabolic disorder occurring pregnancy with an alarming increasing incidence worldwide recent years. Over years, there growing body evidence that uncontrolled maternal hyperglycaemia can potentially have detrimental effect on neurode...

Linoleic acid (LA), an n-6 polyunsaturated fatty (PUFA), is essential for fetal growth and development. We aimed to investigate the effect of maternal postnatal high LA (HLA) diet on plasma FA composition, hepatic lipids genes involved in lipid metabolism liver adult offspring. Female rats were fed with low (LLA; 1.44% LA) or HLA (6.21% diets 10 weeks before pregnancy, during gestation/lactatio...