Table 2.

Biochemical index of GDM offspring at 11 months of age and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) effect.

11 Months old	Con	GDM	n-3 Adq-GDM	n-3 Def-GDM
Glucose (mmol/L)	6.05 ± 0.37	8.39 ± 2.07	6.3 ± 0.54	8.38 ± 1.66
Insulin (mU/L)	11.73 ± 0.55	8.03 ± 0.47 **	10 ± 0.46 *##	7.8 ± 0.78 **
TG (mmol/L)	0.79 ± 0.13	0.63 ± 0.19	0.43 ± 0.19 *#	0.61 ± 0.19
TC (mmol/L)	1.87 ± 0.04	1.79 ± 0.36	0.69 ± 0.16 **##	1.7 ± 0.17
HDL (mmol/L)	0.53 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.18	0.27 ± 0.04 **##	0.47 ± 0.03
TC/HDL	3.52 ± 0.12	3.44 ± 0.66	2.55 ± 0.28 **##	3.62 ± 0.19

Data are presented as mean ± SD. n = 8–10 offspring rats/group. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, vs. Control offspring (Con); ^# p < 0.05, ^## p < 0.01, vs. GDM offspring (GDM).