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Table 2.

Baseline general characteristics of women with gestational diabetes mellitus in ALA and placebo groups


Variables	ALA (n = 30)	Placebo (n = 30)	P-value
Age (yr)*	30.96 $\pm$ 0.93	31.10 $\pm$ 0.92	0.918^¥
Height (cm)*	163.00 $\pm$ 0.97	162.10 $\pm$ 1.21	0.579 ^¥
Gestational age (wk)*	26.28 $\pm$ 0.23	26.51 $\pm$ 0.24	0.472^¥
Family history of diabetes**	13 (43.3%)	12 (40.0%)	0.999 $^{$}$
Weight (kg)*	70.70 $\pm$ 1.91	70.90 $\pm$ 2.04	0.942^¥
BMI (kg/m $^{2}$ )*	26.64 $\pm$ 0.71	26.95 $\pm$ 0.73	0.793^¥
SBP (mmHg)*	107.17 $\pm$ 2.49	108.00 $\pm$ 2.01	0.796^¥
Note: * Data are expressed as Mean $\pm$ SEM. **Data presented as n (%), ^¥Based on independent t test; $^{$}$ Based on Chi-square test BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure