TY - JOUR AU - Jarmasz, Jessica S. AU - Anderson, Alexandrea AU - Bock, Margaret E. AU - Jin, Yan AU - Cattini, Peter A. AU - Ruth, Chelsea PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/20 TI - A potential role for insulin treatment during pregnancy in reducing postpartum psychological distress in maternal obesity: an administrative population health study JO - BMC Women's Health SP - 117 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Studies have found an association between obesity and an increased risk for peripartum depression, which has also been linked to decreased placental lactogen levels. In addition, women with obesity treated for gestational diabetes with insulin were found to have increased levels of placental lactogen. Treatment options exist for perinatal and postpartum depression however they pose a risk to the developing offspring. Thus, prevention as well as markers for early identification of peripartum depression are needed. Therefore, our study objective is to identify the association between insulin treatment in pregnancy and the risk of postpartum psychological distress (abbreviated here as PPD) among cohorts of women with and without obesity. SN - 1472-6874 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01261-0 DO - 10.1186/s12905-021-01261-0 ID - Jarmasz2021 ER -