Publications by authors named "Gloria Larrabure-Torrealva"
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- * Conducted with 2,581 pregnant women in Perú, the research involved analyzing hair samples collected at different stages of pregnancy to examine the correlations between HCC and sociodemographic, pregnancy-related, and hair-related factors.
- * Results indicated that HCC levels increased throughout the pregnancy stages and were influenced by factors such as preconception BMI, food access, education, and hair dye use, emphasizing the importance of considering these variables in maternal health studies.
Purpose: Stress and elevated maternal glycemia have negative effects on pregnancy. We evaluated the association of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC), a marker of chronic stress, with insulin resistance and gestational diabetes (GDM).
Methods: In total, 527 women from Lima, Peru, provided a hair sample in the second trimester of their pregnancy to measure HCC using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
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- The study investigated the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its risk factors in a sample of 1300 pregnant women in Lima, Peru, revealing a GDM prevalence of approximately 16%.
- Key risk factors identified included maternal obesity (24.4%), family history of diabetes, and antepartum depression (10.6%), with obesity showing a significant association with GDM.
- The findings suggest the need for targeted intervention programs that focus on early diagnosis and management of GDM, considering these identified risk factors among pregnant women.
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common and serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, is associated with excess weight and obesity. Little is known about the co-occurrence of OSA among pregnant women from low and middle-income countries.
Methods: We examined the extent to which maternal pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity status are associated with high risk for OSA, poor sleep quality, and excessive daytime sleepiness in 1032 pregnant women in Lima, Peru.
Background: Migraine is associated with a number of cardiometabolic risk factors including abnormalities in lipid metabolism. However, little is known about these associations among pregnant migraineurs. We conducted the present study to evaluate the extent to which altered lipid profiles are associated with history of migraine among pregnant women.
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