| Autor: |
Castro NP; Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil. natalia@usp.br., Euclydes VV; Postgraduate Program in Applied Human Nutrition (PRONUT), University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil. veronicaeuclydes@hotmail.com., Simões FA; Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil. agapito.fe@gmail.com., Vaz-de-Lima LR; Immunology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil. lourlima@uol.com., De Brito CA; Immunology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil. cbrito@usp.br., Luzia LA; Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil. lianialuzia@usp.br., Devakumar D; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK. d.devakumar@ucl.ac.uk., Rondó PH; Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil. phcrondo@usp.br.; Postgraduate Program in Applied Human Nutrition (PRONUT), University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil. phcrondo@usp.br. |
| Abstrakt: |
Increased maternal blood concentrations of leptin and decreased adiponectin levels, which are common disturbances in obesity, may be involved in offspring adiposity by programming fetal adipose tissue development. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between maternal leptin and adiponectin concentrations and newborn adiposity. This was a cross-sectional study involving 210 healthy mother-newborn pairs from a public maternity hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Maternal blood samples were collected after delivery and leptin and adiponectin concentrations were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Newborn body composition was estimated by air displacement plethysmography. The association between maternal leptin and adiponectin concentrations and newborn adiposity (fat mass percentage, FM%) was evaluated by multiple linear regression, controlling for maternal age, socioeconomic status, parity, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), weight gain, gestational age, and newborn age at the time of measurement. No relationship was found between maternal leptin and FM% of male or female newborn infants. Maternal adiponectin ( p = 0.001) and pre-pregnancy BMI ( p < 0.001; adj. R ² = 0.19) were positively associated with FM% of newborn males, indicating that maternal adiponectin is involved in fetal fat deposition in a sex-specific manner. Large-scale epidemiological, longitudinal studies are necessary to confirm our results. |
