GHRL and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Gómez-Díaz’s group [139] analyzed the ghrelin levels in maternal and cord blood samples and detected significantly lower maternal plasma ghrelin levels for term-delivered mothers regardless of diabetes type (GDM: 273 pg/mL and T2DM: 239 pg/mL, respectively) in comparison to non-diabetic mothers (439 pg/mL) [139].