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Whether metformin treatment in pregnant PCOS women affects maternal and fetal insulin concentrations at birth is not clarified.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>To investigate the possible effect of metformin on insulin concentrations in umbilical cord blood and the possible association between maternal and fetal insulin concentrations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Post-hoc<\/jats:italic>analysis of a subgroup of PCOS women participating in a double-blind randomized controlled trial.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>University hospital setting.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women with PCOS (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=118), aged 19\u201339 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Maternal and umbilical cord insulin concentrations immediately after birth.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At delivery women randomized to metformin had lower insulin concentrations than those randomized to placebo (259\u00b1209 vs 361\u00b1261\u200apmol\/l;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.020). No difference was found in insulin concentrations in umbilical venous (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.95) and arterial (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.39) blood between the metformin and placebo groups. The arteriovenous difference was also equal between the groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.38). Insulin concentrations were higher in the umbilical vein than in the umbilical artery independent of randomization (70\u00b151 vs 45\u00b148\u200apmol\/l;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.0005).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In PCOS, metformin treatment during pregnancy resulted in lower maternal insulin concentrations at delivery. Metformin treatment did not affect fetal insulin concentrations. Higher insulin concentrations in the umbilical vein indicate that the placenta somehow secretes insulin to the fetus. 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