Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the studied women

Variable	All women	Women with postpartum diabetes	Women without postpartum diabetes	p value#
Number of women	374	57	317
Ethnicity [European/non-European/unknown] (N)	286/77/11	29/26/2	257/51/9
Maternal age (years)	32.87 (4.82)	34.61 (4.76)	32.56 (4.77)	0.003
BMI (kg/m2)	25.24 (5.22)	30.48 (6.15)	24.29 (4.43)	< 0.0001
HOMA-IR*	0.68 (3.72)	2.56 (3.32)	0.34 (3.70)	< 0.0001
Disposition index*	8.09 (14.45)	3.00 (6.62)	9.00 (15.27)	0.0038
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)*	5.23 (1.97)	6.32 (1.29)	5.03 (2.02)	< 0.0001
30 min plasma glucose (mmol/L)*	7.98 (3.11)	9.19 (3.87)	7.76 (2.91)	0.0013
120 min plasma glucose (mmol/L)*	6.56 (2.87)	9.17 (2.86)	6.09 (2.62)	< 0.0001

N = number. * Data from OGTT performed at 1–2 years postpartum. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Differences in means were tested using Student's t-test. # p value for differences between women with postpartum diabetes and women without postpartum diabetes