Abstract
31Aug 2016 MATERNAL ADIPOSITY AND SERUM VISFATIN LEVELS DURING FIRST TRIMESTER AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA. R. A. Ngala , F. A. Yeboah , A. T. Bawah , H. Alidu and M. M. Seini. Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana. Laboratory department Ridge Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Highlights
Received: 12 June 2016 Final Accepted: 18 July 2016 Published: August 2016 lowering effects; during pregnancy the placenta produces more visfatin which has been reported to increase in insulin resistant states such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity and vistafin levels has invariably been linked to preeclampsia
The aim of this study was to determine whether serum visfatin concentration and body fat are significantly altered during the first trimester in pregnancies and whether such changes can leadto the development of PE
Abundantly expressed in the adipose tissue, visfatin is not tissue specific and can be produced in placenta, foetal membranes (Kendal-Wright et al, 2008) and myometrium(Fasshauer et al, 2002). It is expressed in bone marrow, liver, muscle, heart lung, and the kidney (Samal et al, 1994).Conflicting results have been published on visfatin levels during pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia (PE)
Summary
MATERNAL ADIPOSITY AND SERUM VISFATIN LEVELS DURING FIRST TRIMESTER AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA. 1. Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. 2. Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana. 3. Laboratory department Ridge Hospital, Accra, Ghana
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