title: Changes in visfatin levels after oral glucose tolerance test in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Visfatin levels increased following an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in normal pregnancy, and this increase correlated with metabolic indexes such as blood glucose, blood fat, and insulin resistance. Conversely, visfatin levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increased to lesser extent than in normal pregnancy, which suggests a disorder in the relationship between visfatin, blood glucose and insulin.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrical Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. liangzhaoxia@sohu.com
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhaoxia
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Danqing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D054409:Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D054409:Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase