Hong Kong Med J 2024;30(Suppl 1):S45-6
Aspirin delays the metabolic clock of gestation in women at risk of preeclampsia: abridged secondary publication
CYL Poon1, TY Leung1, CC Wang1, S Daljit1, K Nicolaides2, F Scaglia3, KYY Cheng1, A Milosavljevic3
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Fetal Medicine Research Institute, Harris Birthright Centre, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
3 Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
 
 
  1. Aspirin significantly delays the metabolic clock according to estimated gestational age.
  2. Aspirin treatment partially reverses a wide range of metabolic changes during gestation.
  3. These results strongly support the aspirin-related delay hypothesis.