Higher Cord Blood Levels of Fatty Acids in Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab

Referral Center for Diabetes in Pregnancy, Ministry of Health Republic of Croatia, Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Published: July 2018

AI Article Synopsis

  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) affects how carbohydrates and fats are processed in the body, prompting research into its impact on fatty acid (FA) levels in mothers and their newborns.
  • In a study with 60 pregnant women (30 with well-controlled T1DM and 30 healthy controls), blood samples were taken at delivery to analyze fatty acid profiles.
  • Results showed that umbilical blood from T1DM mothers had significantly higher total FA concentrations and higher levels of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to the control group, indicating a metabolic difference in the neonates.

Article Abstract

Context: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with a disturbance of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

Objective: To determine whether T1DM alters maternal and neonatal fatty acid (FA) levels.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: Academic hospital.

Patients: Sixty pregnant women (30 women with T1DM with good glycemic control and 30 healthy women) were included in the study. Maternal blood, umbilical vein, and artery blood samples were collected immediately upon delivery. Following lipid extraction, the FA profiles of the total FA pool of maternal serum and umbilical vein and artery serum were determined by gas chromatography.

Results: Total FA concentration in maternal serum did not differ between the study groups; it was significantly higher in umbilical vein serum of the T1DM group compared with that in the control group [median (interquartile range)]: T1DM 2126.2 (1446.4 to 3181.3) and control 1073.8 (657.5 to 2226.0; P < 0.001), and in umbilical artery vein serum: T1DM 1805.7 (1393.1 to 2125.0) and control 990.0 (643.3 to 1668.0; P < 0.001). Composition of FAs in umbilical vein serum showed significantly higher concentrations of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated FAs (SFAs, MUFAs, and PUFAs, respectively) in the T1DM group than compared with those in the control group (P = 0.001). Furthermore, cord blood levels of leptin (P < 0.001), C-peptide (P < 0.001), and insulin resistance (P = 0.015) were higher in the T1DM group compared with controls.

Conclusion: The neonates born to mothers with T1DM had higher concentrations of total FAs, SFAs and MUFAs, as well as PUFAs, compared with control newborns.

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