Table 2.

Maternal glucose/lipid metabolism and the severity of preeclampsia in 248 cases of gestational diabetes mellitus and co-existent preeclampsia

Risk factor	SGA (n = 33)	LGA (n = 26)	Control (n = 189)	p
High HbA1c rate	24.2% (8)	76.9% (20)*	42.3% (80)	0.000
High plasma glucose rate	15.2% (5)	23.1% (6)	31.2% (59)	0.138
S-PE	75.8% (25)*	46.2% (12)	49.2% (93)	0.015
High triglycerides rate	15.2% (5)	42.3% (11)	25.4% (48)	0.059
High total cholesterol rate	21.2% (7)	15.4% (4)	18.0% (34)	0.841
Low HDL rate	33.3% (11)	73.1% (19)*	44.4% (84)	0.007
High LDL rate	18.2% (6)	3.8% (1)	13.8% (26)	0.255

Values in table are given as a percentage, with the number of newborns in that category given in parenthesis

HbA1c Glycated hemoglobin, HDL high-density cholesterol, LDL low-density cholesterol, S-PE

*Statistically significant at p  < 0.05 compared with the control group