TABLE 2.

Descriptive characteristics during late pregnancy and postpartum in women with normal glucose tolerance studied previously

	Late pregnancy	Postpartum
Age (years)	32.0 ± 1.6	33.2 ± 1.7*
Parity (n)	0–1 (n = 6)
	>1 (n = 3)
Weight (kg)	72.5 ± 2.0	60.0 ± 2.4*
BMI (kg/m2)	25.6 ± 0.6	21.2 ± 0.8*
Body fat (%)	28.9 ± 1.0	27.6 ± 1.6
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)	80 ± 3	88 ± 2*
Fasting plasma insulin (µU/ml)	11.7 ± 1.7	8.3 ± 0.9*

Data are means ± SE; n = 9. From Kirwan et al. (14).

^*P < 0.05 vs. late pregnancy.