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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Nov 19;60(4):540–549. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1549

Table 1.

Demographics, metformin dosing and area under the concentration-time curve for subjects with gestational diabetes, non-pregnant subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy pregnant subjects

GDM T2DM HP
n 25 12 28
Age SD1 (years) 31 ± 5
(22 to 39)
33 ± 7
(23 to 45)
25 ± 5
(18 to 38)
Height SD1 (cm) 163 ± 6
(155 to 179)
160 ± 8
(147 to 175)
162 ± 8
(147 to 178)
Body weight SD1 (kg) 90 ± 20
(70 to 100)
100 ± 30
(60 to 100)
80 ± 10
(50 to 109)
BMI Pre-pregnancy (kg/m2) 31 ± 6
(21 to 43)
36 ± 7
(24 to 46)
27 ± 5
(20 to 40)
GA, SD1 (weeks) 31 ± 2
(20 to 33)
NA 30 ± 1
(28 to 33)
GA, SD2 (weeks) 35 ± 1
(32 to 38)
NA 36 ± 1
(34 to 38)
Metformin dose SD2 (mg/day) 1,400 ± 500
(1,000 to 2,000)
800 ± 200
(500 to 1,000)
NA
Metformin AUC (μg•hr/mL) 11 ± 4 12 ± 3 NA
White 80% 75% 82%
Black 16% 25% 18%
Asian 4% 0% 0%
Hispanic/Latina 36% 67% 32%
Baseline C-peptide AUC (pmol•hr/L) 12,000 ± 4000 8000 ± 4000 9000 ± 3000
Baseline glucose AUC (mg•hr/L) 500 ± 70 1000 ± 400 380 ± 40
Baseline insulin AUC (uU•hr /mL) 300 ± 100 200 ± 200 190 ± 80

BMI = Body Mass Index, GA = gestational age, GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus, T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus, HP = healthy pregnant subjects, SD1 = study day 1, SD2 = study day 2. Results reported as mean ± standard deviation.