Table 2.

Plasma hormone and metabolite concentrations in the overnight fasted state. The p values were not adjusted for multiple comparisons.

	Baseline	End of competition at 30 weeks	Follow-up at 6 years	p-value Baseline vs. 30 weeks	p-value Baseline vs. 6 years	p-value 30 weeks vs. 6 years
Glucose (mg/dl)	95.7±16.3	70.2±21.9	104.9±48.7	0.0042	0.4759	0.0264
Insulin (µU/ml)	10.4±8.5	3.9±1.9	12.1±7.5	0.0126	0.3204	0.0013
C-peptide (ng/ml)	3±1.4	1.3±0.9	2.7±1.1	0.0019	0.4241	0.0016
HOMA-IR	2.5±2.2	0.7±0.4	3.6±4.6	0.0134	0.1892	0.0431
TG (mg/dl)	128.5±76.3	57.4±22.3	92.9±43.9	0.0019	0.053	0.0082
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	174±41.2	192.4±52.8	180.9±45.9	0.2115	0.5945	0.3549
LDL (mg/dl)	105±30	126±46	108±35	0.132	0.8343	0.1083
HDL (mg/dl)	42.5±17.6	54.6±14.9	54.5±21.2	0.0036	0.001	0.9751
Adiponectin (mg/ml)	2.46±1.28	4.69±2.05	7.29±4.71	0.0003	0.0025	0.0164
T3 (ng/dl)	9.42±2.78	5.31±1.45	11.15±1.81	0.0006	0.0623	<.0001
T4 (µg/dl)	7.3±1.58	6.95±1.43	6.18±1.12	0.3814	0.0486	0.0828
TSH (µIU/ml)	1.52±1.26	1.42±0.73	1.93±0.9	0.7175	0.1933	0.0641
Leptin (ng/ml)	41.14±16.91	2.56±2.19	27.68±17.48	<.0001	0.013	0.0001