risk factor for vascular complications and for progression of ... diabetes mellitus (DM) patients could affect the course of pregnancy and the perinatal outcome.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2011, 62, 5, 567-573 www.jpp.krakow.pl
E. WENDER-OZEGOWSKA1, A. ZAWIEJSKA1, G. MICHALOWSKA-WENDER2, R. ICIEK1, M. WENDER2, J. BRAZERT1
METABOLIC SYNDROME IN TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS. DOES IT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY? Department of Obsterics and Women’s Diseases, University School of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; 2Neurogenetical Unit, Department of Neurology, University School of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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To determine whether the symptoms of metabolic syndrome (MS), if accompanied by oxidative stress (OS), in type1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients could affect the course of pregnancy and the perinatal outcome. Oxidized low density lipoproteins (ox-LDL) and total lipid peroxides (TLP) were studied in 98 pregnant women with type 1 DM in the Ist and IIIrd trimesters. 24% of the participants met the criteria of MS. Vascular complications were significantly more frequent in the MS-group (41.9% vs. 17.4% in the non-MS group, p
