Table 2. Glucose, insulin and lipids throughout pregnancy in the total cohort and in groups according to BMI.

	Total cohort n = 1031		BMI<25 n = 628		BMI 25–29.9 = 286		BMI>30 = 89		Difference between groups
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Fasting glucose v1	4.61	0.4	4.54	0.4	4.68	0.4	4.84	0.4	#
Fasting glucose v4	4.54	0.5	4.45	0.5	4.64	0.5	4.90	0.5	#
Δ Fasting glucose v4-v1	-0.06*	0.5	-0.09*	0.5	-0.04	0.4	0.07	0.5	#
Insulin v1 (median/IQR)	27	18–40	23	15–33	33	23–46	49.5	33–75	«»
Insulin v4 (median/IQR)	42	28–65	35	24–50	55	37–80	76	58–124	«»
Δ Insulin v4-v1	15¤		14¤		25¤		26.5¤		«»
Total chol v1	4.92	0.9	4.85	0.9	4.99	0.8	5.14	1.0	#
Tot chol v4	6.71	1.3	6.80	1.3	6.64	1.2	6.42	1.5	#
Δ Tot chol v4-v1	1.8*	1.0	1.95*	1.0	1.66*	1.0	1.28*	1.0	#
HDL chol v1	1.8	0.4	1.86	0.4	1.75	0.4	1.55	0.4	#
HDL chol v4	1.72	0.4	1.79	0.5	1.67	0.4	1.53	0.4	#
Δ HDL chol v4-vl	-0.07*	0.4	-0.07*	0.3	-0.08*	0.4	-0.006	0.3	ns
LDL chol v1	2.58	0.8	2.49	0.8	2.66	0.7	2.88	0.8	#
LDL chol v4	3.87	1.2	3.94	1.2	3.78	1.0	3.62	1.3	#
Δ LDL chol V4-v1	1.29*	0.9	1.44*	0.9	1.13*	0.9	0.73*	0.8	#
Triglycerides v1	1.19	0.7	1.10	0.4	1.28	0.5	1.57	0.5	#
Triglycerides v4	2.48	0.8	2.39	0.8	2.61	0.9	2.79	0.9	#
Δ Triglycer v4-v1	1.3*	0.7	1.29*	0.6	1.35*	0.7	1.23*	0.8	ns

^# p<0.05 One-way ANOVA, comparing differences between groups

^«»p<0.001 Kruskal Wallis test, comparing differences between groups, non-parametric test

* p<0.05 paired t-test, comparing longitudinal changes in each individual

^¤ p<0.01Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, comparing longitudinal changes in each individual, non-parametric test