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. 2018 Aug 23;2018:1743253. doi: 10.1155/2018/1743253

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants at follow-up (: p ≤ 0.05 versus previous healthy pregnancy, #: p ≤ 0.05 versus men, ł: p ≤ 0.05 versus nulliparous women, ^: p ≤ 0.05 versus DGDM). Mean ± SEM, Median (IQR). MALE: men; NULL: nulliparous women; PREG: previous healthy pregnancy; DGDM: previous diet-treated GDM; IGDM: previous insulin-treated GDM.

MALE NULL PREG DGDM IGDM
N n = 15 n = 16 n = 25 n = 36 n = 10
Age (years) 35.7 ± 0.9 34.0 ± 0.5 34.1 ± 0.8 35.2 ± 0.7 36.8 ± 1.7
BMI (kg/m2) 27 ± 0.6 24.2 ± 1.4 23.6 ± 0.6 26.3 ± 1.0 24.6 ± 1.3
Parity 0 1 (1-2) 2 (1–3) 2 (1-2)
Level of education (1–4) 4 (3-4) 4 (3.5–4) 4 (3-4) 4 (3-4) 3 (3–3)#ł^
Income per capita (1–5) 3 (2–4) 3.5 (2.5–5) 2 (2-3)ł 2 (2-3)ł 1 (1-2)#ł^
Smoking (%) 46.7 ł^ 5.9 22.2 10.5 30.8
Glucose (mmol/l)
 0 min 5.2 ± 0.2 5.3 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.1 5.5 ± 0.1 5.5 ± 0.2
 30 min 9.3 ± 0.6 8.8 ± 0.5 7.5 ± 0.3# 9.0 ± 0.3 9.2 ± 0.6
 90 min 6.5 ± 0.5 5.8 ± 0.3 5.4 ± 0.3 7.3 ± 0.3 8.3 ± 0.9 ł
 120 min 4.9 ± 0.4 5.2 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 6.7 ± 0.3 7.1 ± 0.8
Insulin (U/ml)
 0 min 9.6 (4.7–10.9) 7.6 (3.7–10.6) 8.1 (4.5–10.1) 9.9 (7.2–14.4) 10.1 (4.6–15.3)
 30 min 46.7 (35.2–96.2) 54.5 (22.8–77.7) 51.5 (30.3–67.8) 55.6 (38.9–79.0) 33.0 (22.6–86.9)
 90 min 53.5 (32.9–106.8) 38.1 (21.6–55.5) 32.2 (22.9–46.0) 72.0 (38.5–97.1) 58.0 (31.5–103.0)
 120 min 33.9 (6.4–65.2) 28.5 (16.0–50.0) 25.1 (14.1–38.6) 56.4 (37.1–84.8)# 45.7 (26.1–86.8)
Prediabetes (IGT + IFG) + Diabetes (%) 6.7 + 0 6.7 12.5 + 0 12.5 4 + 0 4 33.3 + 0 33.3 30 + 10 40
HOMA2B (%) 84.5 (73.5–99.6) 87.1 (67.6–97.7) 82.4 (61.8–117.2) 98.6 (80.0–130.0) 113.0 (67.4–151.9)
HOMA2S (%) 76.6 (69.5–149.8) 81.7 (69.8–189.5) 94.0 (66.4–150.0) 75.4 (51.3–104.5) 67.1 (50.9–128.1)
EIR 8.0 (5.0–15.5) 8.8 (3.5–13.1) 8.4 (4.5–10.9) 7.9 (5.8–10.4) 4.6 (1.9–14.3)
AUC glucose 1210.9 ± 122.7 1065.4 ± 42.3 1011.2 ± 37.5 1257.9 ± 40.0 1310.1 ± 111.3
HbA1c (%) 5.6 ± 0.1 5.6 ± 0.2 5.4 ± 0.1 5.5 ± 0.1 5.6 ± 0.1
CRP (mg/l) 0.9 (0.3–1.9) 0.6 (0.1–1.2) 1.5 (0.3–2.2) 1.1 (0.8–3.9)ł 1.5 (0.4–4.9)
Vitamin D3 (ng/ml) 23.9 ± 1 23.0 ± 2.4 25.2 ± 1.8 25.9 ± 1.8 28.7 ± 3.5
Estradiol (pg/ml) 21.4 (19.0–28.2) 109.7 (66.5–224.6)# 75.4 (41.1–106.3)# 111.9 (36.9–158.2)# 82.3 (22.5–95.3)

Level of education: 1: primary school; 2: secondary school; 3: secondary grammar school; 4: college or university degree. Monthly income per capita: 1: below 185€; 2: 185–370€; 3: 370–555€; 4: 555–740€; 5: over 740€. IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; IFG: impaired fasting glucose.