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Circulating Linoleic Acid is Associated with Improved Glucose Tolerance in Women after Gestational Diabetes
- Source :
- Nutrients, Nutrients, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 1629 (2018), Volume 10, Issue 11
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2018.
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Abstract
- Women with previously diagnosed gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk of type-2-diabetes mellitus (T2D). We aimed to establish links between glucose tolerance (GT) and serum fatty acid (FA) profile in the transition from GDM to T2D. Six years after GDM, 221 women were grouped as having normal GT (NGT), impaired GT (IGT), or T2D based on oral GT test results. Fasting serum FAs were profiled, anthropometric measures taken, and dietary intake determined. Linoleic acid (LA) was significantly higher in NGT women (p &lt<br />0.001) compared with IGT and T2D, and emerged as a strong predictor of low glucose and insulin levels, independently of BMI. Self-reported vegetable oil consumption correlated with LA serum levels and glucose levels. Delta-6-, delta-9-, and stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activities were associated with decreased GT, and delta-5-desaturase activities with increased GT. In a subgroup of women at high risk of diabetes, low LA and high palmitic acid levels were seen in those that developed T2D, with no differences in other FAs or metabolic measurements. Results suggest that proportions of LA and palmitic acid are of particular interest in the transition from GDM to T2D. Interconversions between individual FAs regulated by desaturases appear to be relevant to glucose metabolism.
- Subjects :
- linoleic acid
Adult
Blood Glucose
endocrine system
endocrine system diseases
glucose tolerance
nutritional and metabolic diseases
serum fatty acids
lcsh:TX341-641
Glucose Tolerance Test
Middle Aged
Article
gestational diabetes mellitus
Diabetes, Gestational
Pregnancy
Humans
Female
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....2dc78a96af0a49c0205ef1275594cc6f