title: The relationship of amniotic fluid insulin levels and the lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio.
abstract: Amniotic fluid insulin levels and the lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio were determined in 62 samples of 33 insulin-dependent diabetic patients from the 29th to the 44th week of gestation inclusive and in 42 samples of 38 gestational diabetic patients from the 35th to the 43rd week of gestation inclusive. (Gestational age was measured by ultrasonography.) The level of insulin in the amniotic fluid did not appear to affect the lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013109:Sphingomyelins