Abstract:Objective To explore the relation between plasma Betatrophin and glycolipid metabolism in the pregnant with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) treated with medical nutrition or insulin, and the predictive value of evaluating therapeutic effect. Methods A total of 60 GDM women were selected and equally divided into the medical nutrition therapy group (as the medical group) and the insulin therapy group (as the insulin group), whose plasma Betatrophin was detected with Elisa. The biochemical indexes were detected by automatic biochemical analyzer, including fasting plasma glucose (FPG), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), glycosylated serum protein (GSP), fasting insulin (FINS), triglycerides (TG), and total cholesterol (TC). The insulin resistance index HOMA-IR was calculated by formula. Results The plasma Betatrophin was positively correlated with FPG, TG, FINS and HOMA-IR (r?=?0.621, 0.417, 0.380 and 0.624, P?0.05) but no correlation with TC (P?>?0.05) in the medical group, negatively correlated with TG, TC, FINS, HOMA-IR (r?=?-0.128, -0.236, -0.200 and -0.387, P?0.05), but had no correlation with FPG (P?>?0.05) in the insulin group. The plasma Betatrophin, HbA1c and GSP were decreased after the treatment in both groups and the differences were statistically significant (P?< 0.05). The plasma Betatrophin positively correlated with GSP (r?=?0.406, P?0.05), but had no correlation with HbA1c (P?>?0.05). Conclusions The involvement of Betatrophin in glycolipid metabolism is different in two groups. Betatrophin may be an indicator for monitoring and evaluating treatment effect.