Potential of Metformin to Improve Cardiac Risk in Postpartum Women with Gestational Diabetes

Potential of Metformin to Improve Cardiac Risk in Postpartum Women with Gestational Diabetes

ObjectivePregnancy is associated with an increase in total cholesterol, high density lipoproteins (HDL), and low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Postpartum, HDL and LDL decrease over the first 12 weeks postpartum. Oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) is a marker of oxidative stress-related inflammation, which is assoc...

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Main Authors: Oscar A. Viteri, Mary Alice Sallman, Pauline M. Berens, Pamela D. Berens, Farah H. Amro, Maria S. Hutchinson, Susan M. Ramin, Sean C. Blackwell, Jerrie S. Refuerzo, Judith. A. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
metformin
high-density lipoproteins
oxidized-low-density lipoproteins
gestational diabetes
cardiac risk
postpartum
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00180/full

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