Table 1.

Characteristics of pregnant women

	Control (n = 10)	Obese (n = 10)	P
Age (years)	33.80 ± 1.87	34.50 ± 2.31	0.807
Pregestational BMI (kg/m2)	22.51 ± 0.50	32.22 ± 0.92	< 0.001
BMI at delivery (kg/m2)	28.22 ± 0.57	35.63 ± 1.18	< 0.001
Glucose (mg/dl)	59.80 ± 2.48	62.10 ± 6.271	0.377
Insulin (UI)	9.47 ± 1.50	14.73 ± 2.68	0.090
TG (mmol/L)	1.94 ± 0.25	1.95 ± 0.17	0.973
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	6.77 ± 0.40	6.31 ± 0.39	0.399
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.81 ± 0.31	3.37 ± 0.42	0.385
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.06 ± 0.24	2.00 ± 0.18	0.834

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, TG triacylglycerol, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein