The Effects of Fetal Gender on Maternal and Fetal Insulin Resistance.

Gender plays a role in the development of a number of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and it has been suggested that females may be more insulin resistant in utero. We sought to assess the relationship between infant gender and insulin resistance in a large pregnancy cohort.This is a secondary...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M Walsh, Ricardo Segurado, Rhona M Mahony, Michael E Foley, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4569192?pdf=render