In pregnant women with early bleeding, plasma levels of the body's own kisspeptin‑10 were lower than in healthy pregnant women.
In plain wordsWomen with bleeding in early pregnancy had lower levels of the body's own kisspeptin‑10 than healthy pregnant women.
- Peptide
- Kisspeptin-10
- Outcome
- DecreaseMaternal plasma Kp-10 level in early pregnancy bleeding
- Study
n = 40
- Comparator
- Healthy gestational week matched pregnant women
- Outcome group
- Sex hormones and fertility · Reproductive and sexual health
Source sentences
Maternal plasma Kp-10 levels (p = 0.01) and birth weight (p = 0.06) were found to be lower in women with bleeding.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 20 pregnant women with the complaint of vaginal bleeding during 7-18 gestational weeks and 20 healthy gestational week matched pregnant women were included in the study.
Maternal plasma Kp-10 levels were measured with the enzyme immunoassay method.
This result measures the body's own Kisspeptin-10. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.