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. 2013 Nov 19;8(11):e81190. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081190

Table 2. Relationships of FGF19 and FGF21 with clinical, anthropometric and biochemical parameters calculated in a combined population of healthy pregnant controls and patients with GDM (n = 90).

Serum FGF19 Serum FGF21
r P r P
Age (years) −0.072 0.498 0.011 0.921
Gestational age at OGTT (weeks) −0.056 0.599 −0.007 0.945
Body mass index before pregnancy (kg/m2) −0.157 0.138 0.206 0.052
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) −0.165 0.120 0.192 0.070
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) −0.021 0.844 0.158 0.138
Glucose 0 h (mmol/L) −0.383 <0.001* 0.274 0.009*
Glucose 1 h (mmol/L) −0.242 0.022* 0.190 0.073
Glucose 2 h (mmol/L) −0.201 0.054 0.184 0.082
Fasting insulin (µU/ml) −0.351 <0.001* 0.259 0.014*
HOMA-IR −0.413 <0.001* 0.289 0.006*
Creatinine (µmol/L) 0.041 0.661 0.132 0.144
Triglycerides (mmol/L) −0.227 0.031* 0.395 <0.001*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.095 0.373 −0.108 0.313
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.096 0.367 −0.063 0.555
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.050 0.642 −0.010 0.926
Adiponectin (µg/ml) 0.431 <0.001* −0.377 <0.001*

The correlations were calculated in the combined population of GDM patients and controls. Units and abbreviations are as Table 1.

*Significant correlation as assessed by Spearman correlation method.