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. 2002 Sep;187(3):735-40.
doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.126283.

Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, and insulin resistance in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

Jose L Bartha  1 , Raquel Romero-Carmona, Rafael Torrejon-Cardoso, Rafael Comino-Delgado
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Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, and insulin resistance in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

Jose L Bartha et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess insulin, insulin sensitivity, and insulin-like growth factor-I in women with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.

Study design: Insulin resistance was measured with the short insulin-tolerance test in 20 women with preeclampsia, in 18 women with gestational hypertension, and in 20 normotensive control subjects. Sex hormone binding globulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, glucose, fructosamine, glycosylated hemoglobin, insulin, C-peptide, and lipids were measured in the fasting state.

Results: Women with gestational hypertension had a significant lower insulin sensitivity index (0.13 +/- 0.1) and a higher level of insulin-like growth factor-I (333.71 +/- 107.6 ng/mL) than women in the control group (0.21 +/- 0.1 [P <.05]; 218.11 +/- 82.3 ng/mL [P <.01]) and women with preeclampsia (0.21 +/- 0.12 [P <.05]; 234.78 +/- 92.76 ng/mL [P <.01]). There were no significant correlations between insulin sensitivity index and insulin-like growth factor-I.

Conclusion: Insulin resistance is present in women with gestational hypertension but not in women with preeclampsia and did not correlate with insulin-like growth factor-I.

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