Low leptin concentration in the first gestational trimester is associated with being born small for gestational age: prospective study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A.B. Franco-Sena,M.Z. Goldani,M.G. Tavares do Carmo,G. Velásquez-Melendez,Gilberto Kac

Low leptin concentration in the first gestational trimester is associated with being born small for gestational age: prospective study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2010

A.B. Franco-Sena
M.Z. Goldani
M.G. Tavares do Carmo
G. Velásquez-Melendez
Gilberto Kac

Background: Being born small for gestational age (SGA) is a known risk factor for greater neonatal mortality and disease in later life. Some determinants of the incidence of SGA new

Keywords:

Weight gain
Endocrinology
Prospective cohort study
Internal medicine
Disease
Small for gestational age
Risk factor
Diabetes mellitus
Placenta
Obstetrics
Medicine
Pregnancy
Leptin
Gestation

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