Smoking exerts a ketogenic influence in diabetic pregnancy.
Acute cardiovascular and metabolic responses to the smoking of two cigarettes were studied in 12 normal and 7 diabetic women in the last trimester of pregnancy. When the responses to smoking were compared between the healthy and diabetic women no statistically significant difference was found except for 3-hydroxybutyric acid where diabetic women but not the normal patients reacted with a pronounced increase. It is concluded that smoking exerts a ketogenic influence in diabetic pregnancy.
D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*