Effect of individual nutrition education on perceptions of nutritional iron supplementation, adherence to iron - folic acid intake and Hb levels among a cohort of anemic South Indian pregnant women.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of individual nutrition education on nutritional knowledge, attitude, practices, adherence to iron-folic acid intake, and hemoglobin levels among anemic South Indian pregnant women.

Methods: This intervention study was conducted from December 2020 to March 2021 in a secondary care level women and child hospital at Puducherry, India. The intervention group ( = 59) and comparison group ( = 58) included mild to moderately anemic pregnant women attending antenatal clinics (Mild anemia - Hb levels between 10.

Decreased maternal serum adiponectin and increased insulin-like growth factor-1 levels along with increased placental glucose transporter-1 expression in gestational diabetes mellitus: Possible role in fetal overgrowth.

Introduction: The placental glucose transporter - 1 (GLUT-1) is involved in the transplacental glucose transport to the fetus. GLUT-1 expressions are increased in diabetic pregnancies and associated with altered fetal growth. However, the factors regulating the GLUT-1 expressions are largely unknown.

Placental Accumulation of Triacylglycerols in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Altered Fetal Growth are Related to the Differential Expressions of Proteins of Lipid Metabolism.

Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) exhibit altered placental lipid metabolism. The molecular basis of this altered metabolism is not clear. Altered placental expression of proteins of lipogenesis and fatty acid oxidation may be involved in the placental accumulation of triacylglycerols (TG).

Increased placental expressions of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 and antioxidant enzymes in gestational diabetes: Protective mechanisms against the placental oxidative stress?

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased oxidative stress. Oxidative stress may contribute to the risk for pregnancy pathologies associated with gestational diabetes mellitus. In this study we investigated the expression of placental nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and antioxidant enzymes of gestational diabetes mellitus and healthy pregnant women and correlated them with the maternal and cord plasma as well as placental tissue oxidative stress parameters.

Adipokine levels and their association with insulin resistance and fetal outcomes among the newborns of Indian gestational diabetic mothers.

To investigate the cord blood levels of adipokine and to assess their association with the fetal insulin resistance and fetal outcomes in newborns of gestational diabetic women (GDM). Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 40 GDM women and 40 healthy pregnant women (HPW) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) hospital in Puducherry, India, during the period from May 2016 to December 2017. Cord blood samples were collected at delivery from GDM and HPW groups.