. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 23.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Sci (Lond). 2016 Mar 18;130(11):931–941. doi: 10.1042/CS20160076

Table 1.

Clinical charactercteristics of study patients

Group	BMI (kg/m²)	Age (years)	Gest age (weeks)	Birth weight (g)	Placental weight (g)	Fetal/placental weight ratio	OGTT 0 h (glucose mg/dl)	OGTT 1 h (glucose mg/dl)	OGTT 2 h (glucose mg/dl)	OGTT 3 h (glucose mg/dl)
CTRL	29.3±0.2	26±2	38.7±0.5	3203±354	690±41	5.26±0.02	–	–	–	–
A1GDM	27.8±1.5	32±1	39.1±0.5	3511±116	720±76	4.54±0.03	95.6±3.1	185.3±4.8	160.8±10.5	142.3±7.6
A2GDM	30.5±2.2	35±1^*	38.2±0.3	3399±243	833±53^*	3.45±0.02^*	95.7±1.1	188.7±11.4	180.0±8.7	141.5±13.5

BMI, maternal age and gestational (Gest) age of the control, A1 and A2GDM groups are shown. Placental efficiency is shown as fetal/placental weight ratio. Blood glucose levels were indicated as measured during the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Values are mean ± S.E.M., n = 6 in each group.

P<0.05 compared with CTRL.