ADIPOQ and gestational diabetes: Among the adipokines, Adiponectin was reported as lower in GDM by several studies (total n > 1,200) as were Adropin levels (n = 60, 1.5 vs 3.3 ng/mL) [53], Vaspin (n = 237, 1.31 vs 1.69 ng/mL) [54] and Follistatin (n = 277, 8.216.32 vs 9.2263.41, ng/mL) [55].