From Placenta to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: The Role of Adipokines

Table 2

Role of adipokines in fetal and postnatal growth and in the onset of gestational metabolic disturbances.

Adipokine	Fetal growth and birth weight	Postnatal catch-up growth	Gestational diabetes
Adiponectin	Yes [8, 63]	Yes [68]	Yes [64]
Leptin	Yes [71–78]	Not described	Yes [79]
Resistin	Controversial [83, 84]	Not described	Controversial [83, 85, 86]
Visfatin	Controversial [87]	Not described	Controversial [88]