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. 2019 Jan 4;20(1):159. doi: 10.3390/ijms20010159

Table 3.

Correlation between nesfatin-1, vaspin levels, and maternal age, gravidity, body mass index (BMI), estimated fetal weight (EFW), gestational age and glucose levels in OGTT in patients with the GDM and control groups.

Variable GDM Control
Nesfatin-1 Vaspin Nesfatin-1 Vaspin
R p R p R p R p
Nesfatin-1 −0.471 p < 0.0001 −0.372 p < 0.001
Maternal age (years) −0.261 NS −0.230 p < 0.01 0.060 NS −0.138 NS
Gravidity −0.018 NS −0.127 NS 0.138 NS −0.022 NS
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 0.436 p < 0.0001 −0.713 p < 0.0001 0.403 p < 0.001 −0.613 p < 0.0001
BMI at sampling (kg/m2) 0.369 p < 0.001 −0.648 p < 0.0001 0.417 p < 0.001 −0.558 p < 0.001
Estimated fetal weight at sampling (g) 0.001 NS −0.004 NS 0.201 NS 0.071 NS
Gestational age at sampling (weeks) 0.007 NS −0.040 NS 0.274 p < 0.05 0.049 NS
Glucose
0′ 0.382 p < 0.001 −0.371 p < 0.01 0.631 p < 0.0001 −0.514 p < 0.001
60′ 0.514 p < 0.0001 −0.472 p < 0.001 0.565 p < 0.0001 −0.364 p < 0.01
120′ 0.463 p < 0.0001 −0.575 p < 0.001 0.490 p < 0.0001 −0.348 p < 0.01

GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; R: Spearman correlation’s coefficient; p: statistical significance; NS: statistically not significant.