Clinical Focus ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 257-261.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2022.03.011

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Changes of serum Gremlin1 level in pregnant women in the second and third trimester of pregnancy and its relation with gestational diabetes mellitus

Qi Qi, Jiang Lichen, Sun Rong, Hu Honglin(), Zhang Qiu   

  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
  • Received:2021-10-26 Online:2022-03-20 Published:2022-04-02
  • Contact: Hu Honglin E-mail:hhlin1994@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the changes of serum Gremlin1 level in pregnant women in the second and third trimester of pregnancy and its relation with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods From September to November 2020, a total of 175 pregnant women received pregnancy test in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University were enrolled, the patients had finished the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) during 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy. They were divided into GDM group and normal glucose metabolism group (NGT group) by the OGTT results. The interclass clinical data including general data, Gremlin1 level and other biochemical indicators were collected, the differences of clinical data between the two groups were analyzed. Results The pre- and post-pregnancy body weight, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), post-pregnancy BMI, fasting blood glucose (FBG), 1 h blood glucose (1 hBG), 2 h blood glucose (2 hBG), fasting insulin (FINS), 1 h insulin (1 hINS), 2 h insulin (2 hINS), fasting C protein (FCP), 1 h C peptide (1 hCP), 2 h C peptide (2 hCP), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), area under curve of glucose (AUC-G), area under the curve for insulin (AUC-I) were higher in GDM group than in NGT group; homeostasis model assessment for beta-cell function index (HOMA-β) and insulin sensitivity index (ISI) in GDM group were lower than those in NGT group (all P<0.05). Serum Gremlin1 level in GDM group was higher than that in NGT group (P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that serum Gremlin1 level was positively correlated with post-pregnancy BMI, FBG, 1 hBG, 1 hINS, 2 hBG, 2 hINS, 2 hCP, HOMA-IR, AUG-G, AUC-I, and negatively correlated with HOMA-β, ISI (all P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the independent risk factor for GDM was serum Gremlin1 (OR=8.922, 95%CI 1.863-42.736, P<0.05). Conclusion There is a positively correlated between increased serum Gremlin1 with insulin resistance in GDM patients, participating in the glucose metabolism of GDM.

Key words: diabetes,gestational, insulin resistance, Gremlin1

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