Table 1.
Age, body mass index and clinical features of healthy pregnant women (controls) and pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
| GDM (N = 150)
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Healthy pregnant women (N = 295)
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| Mean ± SD | S2 | Mean ± SD | S2 | t (p) | F (p) | |
| Age (years) | 31.8 ± 6.1 | 37.38 | 25.0 ± 6.3 | 39.14 | 10.79 (2.97 × 10−24)* | 1.05 (0.76) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 33.4 ± 6.1 | 37.37 | 25.1 ± 4.6 | 21.39 | 15.77 (< 0.00001)* | 1.75 (7.3 × 10−5)* |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL)1 | 226.5 ± 47.5 | 2252.58 | 201.5 ± 53.2 | 2830.01 | 4.49 (9 × 10−6)* | 1.26 (0.15) |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 125.8 ± 42.7 | 1823.94 | 123.9 ± 43.3 | 1870.95 | 0.39 (0.69) | 1.03 (0.88) |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 56.8 ± 15.1 | 227.13 | 53.1 ± 16.1 | 258.37 | 2.32 (0.02)* | 1.14 (0.39) |
| Tryglycerides (mg/dL) | 225.3 ± 73.1 | 5345.00 | 122.6 ± 57.5 | 3303.32 | 15.29 (< 0.00001)* | 1.62 (0.001)* |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 94.2 ± 23.1 | 534.04 | 82.2 ± 6.8 | 45.67 | 8.23 (2.16 × 10−15)* | 11.69 (< 0.00001)* |
| Fasting OGTT2 | 99.1 ± 16.7 | 278.03 | - | - | - | - |
| Post-prandial OGTT | 165.8 ± 33.0 | 1087.53 | - | - | - | - |
BMI - body mass index. OGTT - oral glucose tolerance test 75 g. S2 - variance.
1
The total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels were available for 122 patients with GDM whereas the HDL cholesterol values were available for 139 patients with GDM. BMI values were available for 142 patients with GDM;
2
OGTT with normal values < 110 and 140 mg/dL in fasting and post-prandial (2 h after ingestion) conditions, respectively. The OGTT was done in 142 patients. The t values for Student’s t-test (comparison of means) and the f values for the F-test (equality of two variances) are shown.
*
p < 0.05.