Table 4.
Subgroup analysis of circulating TG levels between women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus stratified by OGTT procedures and diagnostic standards.
| OGTT | No. of studies | WMD (mM) | 95% CI (mM) | p-value | I2 statistic | p-value | Tau2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 g, 2 h OGTT | 137 | 0.309 | 0.242 to 0.375 | < 0.001 | 95.1% | < 0.001 | 0.1295 |
| 5.3/10.0/8.6 | 10 | 0.258 | 0.065 to 0.451 | 0.009 | 90.0% | < 0.001 | 0.0817 |
| 5.5/-/8.0 | 4 | 0.199 | -0.092 to 0.491 | 0.180 | 77.3% | 0.004 | 0.0638 |
| 6.0/-/9.0 | 1 | 0.020 | -0.035 to 0.075 | 0.480 | – | – | 0.0000 |
| 5.1/10.0/8.5 | 102 | 0.318 | 0.236 to 0.399 | < 0.001 | 95.8% | < 0.001 | 0.1485 |
| 7.0(6.1)/-/7.8 | 20 | 0.297 | 0.184 to 0.410 | < 0.001 | 76.5% | < 0.001 | 0.0384 |
| 100 g, 3 h OGTT | 76 | 0.459 | 0.373 to 0.545 | < 0.001 | 90.2% | < 0.001 | 0.1089 |
| 5.3/10.0/8.6/7.8 | 47 | 0.428 | 0.337 to 0.519 | < 0.001 | 87.8% | < 0.001 | 0.0719 |
| 5.8/10.6/9.2/8.0 | 26 | 0.522 | 0.310 to 0.734 | < 0.001 | 93.2% | < 0.001 | 0.2525 |
| 5.0/9.2/8.0/7.0 | 3 | 0.828 | 0.104 to 1.552 | 0.025 | 73.4% | 0.023 | 0.2944 |