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Effect of smoking on maternal glucose metabolism
J Langhoff-Roos1, L Wibell, M Gebre-Medhin
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Maternal smoking, studied in late pregnancy, was found to be associated with lower blood glucose values, both during fasting and after an intravenous glucose load. As a correlation between blood glucose levels and infant birth weight has been reported, it is possible that smoking during pregnancy might reduce fetal growth through an effect on maternal glucose metabolism.