ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2015
Recreational Exercise Before and During Pregnancy in Relation to Plasma C-Reactive Protein Concentrations in Pregnant Women.
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- Physical Activity as a Modern Intervention in the Fight against Obesity-Related Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Gestational Diabetes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Are Pregnant Women Who Are Living with Overweight or Obesity at Greater Risk of Developing Iron Deficiency/Anaemia?Nutrients · 2021Review
- Maternal Obesity: A Focus on Maternal Interventions to Improve Health of Offspring.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Review
- Treadmill Exercise during Pregnancy Decreased Vulnerability to Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia through Reducing Inflammation and Increasing Antiapoptotic Gene Expressions and Antioxidant Capacity in Rats.Stroke research and treatment · 2021Article
- Quantitative analysis of key periodontopathic bacteria in gestational diabetic and non-diabetic women.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2019Article
- C-reactive protein is differentially modulated by co-existing infections, vitamin deficiencies and maternal factors in pregnant and lactating indigenous Panamanian women.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Article
- Low-intensity Physical Activity is Associated with Lower Maternal Systemic Inflammation during Late Pregnancy.Journal of obesity & weight loss therapy · 2017Article
- Exercise and its role in gestational diabetes mellitus.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2016Review
- Maternal inflammation during late pregnancy is lower in physically active compared with inactive obese women.Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2016Observational
- Increased infection with key periodontal pathogens during gestational diabetes mellitus.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnant women who are physically active have a lower risk of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes than women who are less active. One possible mechanism is a reduction in low-grade inflammation, as measured by plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP). The association between exercise and CRP in pregnant women, however, has not been adequately investigated.
methodsA total of 537 pregnant women, enrolled around the 17th week of gestation in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study in 2003 to 2004, were studied. Self-reported recreational exercise was recalled for both 3 months before pregnancy and early pregnancy. The total energy expenditure from recreational exercise (total recreational exercise, metabolic equivalent of task [MET]-hr/week) was estimated, and low-, moderate- and vigorous-intensity exercise was defined. Plasma CRP concentrations were measured during pregnancy.
resultsIn adjusted linear regression models, mean CRP concentration was 1.0% lower [95% CI = -1.9% to 0.2%] with each 1 MET-hr/week of total recreational exercise before pregnancy. In addition, vigorous-intensity exercise before pregnancy was more strongly related to a reduction in CRP levels than low- or moderate-intensity exercise. However, we observed no association between recreational exercise during pregnancy and plasma CRP levels.
conclusionsRecreational exercise before pregnancy, especially vigorous exercise, may reduce the risk of maternal inflammation during pregnancy.
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