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. 2015 Sep 28;8(6):25–32. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v8n6p25

Table 2.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of pregnant women in three trimesters

	1^st trimester	2^nd trimester	3^rd trimester
Number of case	32	25	40
age (years)	25.1 ±0.7	25.2±0.4	*27.5±0.7^ψ**
BMI (Kg/m2)	23.8±0.7	25.6±0.7^*	26.2±0.5^***
Fasting blood sugar(mg/dl)	79.2±1.6	78±1.9	80.4±1.8
Insulin level (µlU/ml)	10.60±0.52	11.38±0.67	10.21±0.55
TGF (pg/ml)	36.7 ± 1.2	39.6 ± 1.2	43.5 ± 0.64^****
Insulin resistance	2.0± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.12	2 ± 0.11
IFN-γ (pg/ml)	2.09 ± 0.13	1.93 ± 0.18	0.99± 0.09 ^****

^*

P=0.05 (first trimester),

^***

P< 0.001(first trimester),

^****

P<0.01 (second trimester),

^{* ψ}

P<0.05 (second trimester).