Changes in serum adipocyte fatty acid‐binding protein in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and normal pregnant women during mid‐ and late pregnancy

Abstract

The GDM group had a higher level of AFABP during mid- and late stages of pregnancy; prepregnancy body mass index and GDM were the independent factors with respect to serum AFABP. AFABP might be closely related to obesity, insulin resistance and leptin resistance in pregnancy, and is a major risk factor for GDM.