Table 3.

Index of placental changes (IPC) in women presenting normoglycemia, mild gestational hyperglycemia, gestational diabetes mellitus and overt diabetes mellitus according to gestational age (term and preterm) and to glycemic control (adequate and inadequate)

	Pregnant groups
IPC	Normoglycemia	MGH	GDM	Overt DM
Term*	19.7	19.0	14.2	20.1
Preterm*	-	24.2	-	17.3
Adequate glycemic control*	-	19.9	14.2	18.9
Inadequate glycemic control*	-	20.4	-	16.6

*p > 0.05 - non significant.