1012: Maternal Inflammation: potential mediators and effects on pregnancy outcomes

Elevated circulating levels of inflammatory markers (complement factor 3 and CRP) have been linked with adverse pregnancy outcomes and metabolic derangements in the non-pregnant adult population. Lifestyle interventions hold potential to ameliorate these effects. We sought to investigate the effect of the PEARS antenatal lifestyle intervention on maternal complement factor 3 (C3) and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations in the 3rd trimester...