Abstract:Objective To explore the level of interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?琢) and adiponectin (ADP) in pregnant patients with gestational diabetes mellitus, and its relationship with related indicators. Methods Forty cases with gestational diabetes in our hospital from January 2013 to January 2014 were selected as the study group, 40 cases of healthy pregnant women during the same period for health examination were selected as the control group. Serum IL-6, TNF-?琢 and ADP levels of the two groups were tested and compared. Correlations of the above indexes with fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FINS), body mass index (BMI) and insulin resistance (IR) were researched. Results The differences in maternal IL-6, TNF-?琢, ADP and IR levels were statistically significant between the two groups (P < 0.05). Both IL-6 and TNF-?琢 had positive correlations with FINS, BMI and IR (P < 0.05). There was no correlation among other indicators (P > 0.05). Conclusions IL-6 and TNF-?琢 levels of pregnant women with gestational diabetes are significantly higher than those of normal pregnanct women, ADP is significantly lower than that of normal pregnanct women. IL-6 and TNF-?琢 are correlated with IR, and can be important indexes in detection and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus.