Efficacy of metformin in pregnant obese women: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chiswick, Carolyn A ^a   Reynolds, Rebecca M ^a   Denison, Fiona C ^a   Whyte, Sonia A ^a   Drake, Amanda J ^a   Newby, David E ^b   Walker, Brian R ^b   Forbes, Shareen ^a   Murray, Gordon D ^c   Quenby, Siobhan ^d   Wray, Susan ^e   Norman, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METFORMIN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84921830525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006854     Document Type: Article

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