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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan 15;17(4):729–736. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.593

Table 1. Subject Characteristics.

	GDM probands	Siblings	Cousins
Male/female	0/118	150/229	95/125
Age (years)	35.8 (5.8)	35.1 (8.7)	33.0 (9.2)^^,^*
BMI (kg/m²)	32.5 (7.0)	29.9 (6.1)^*	28.6 (6.4)^^,^*
Body fat (%)	39.2 (5.3)	32.8 (8.5)^*	30.9 (8.6)^^,^*
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	5.4 (0.6)	5.2 (0.5)^*	5.1 (0.6)^*
Two-hour glucose (mmol/l)	9.2 (2.3)	7.7 (2.2)^*	6.9 (2.0)^^,^*
Fasting insulin (pmol/l)	83 (57)	62 (45)^*	59 (52)^*
30′ Insulin (pmol/l)	500 (322)	524 (346)	549 (368)
Two-hour insulin (pmol/l)	721 (500)	526 (411)^*	451 (385)^^,^*
S_G (×10^-2 min^-1)	1.48 (0.48)	1.71 (0.68)^*	1.83 (0.71)^^,^*
S_I (×10^-3 min^-1 per pmol/l)	2.76 (1.76)	2.94 (1.63)	3.16 (1.73)^*
AIR (pmol/l × 10 min)	4171 (4281)	5678 (4521)^*	6245 (5285)^*
Disposition index	8694 (5829)	14055 (9579)^*	15710 (9394)^^,^*

Values are unadjusted median and interquartile range.

AIR, acute insulin response; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; S_G, glucose effectiveness; S_I, insulin sensitivity.

^*

Uncorrected P < 0.05 vs. probands.

^**

Uncorrected P < 0.05 vs. siblings.