Table 2.

Metabolic parameters of women with gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus at time of blood draw for serum Hsp70 measurement

	Gestational diabetes (n = 38)	Pregestational diabetes (n = 11)	Statistical significance (p value)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)	4.8 (4.5–5.2)	5.6 (5.6–5.6)	<0.05
OGTT 120 min (mmol/l)	8.7 (8.3–9.5)	N.M.
HbA1c (%)	5.2 (5.1–5.6)	6.2 (5.7–7.0)	<0.001
Fasting serum insulin (mU/l)	7.9 (4.8–13.5)	22.7 (16.0–34.7)	<0.001
HOMA-IR	1.8 (0.9–3.3)	5.6 (4.0–8.6)	<0.001

Data are presented as median (25–75 percentile)

N.M. not measured, OGTT 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, Hb hemoglobin, HOMA-IR Homeostatic Model Assessment-Insulin Resistance