Table 2.

Glucose, insulin and C-peptide concentrations during the OGTT

	Malaria negative	Peripheral malaria	Peripheral+placental malaria	P value	P value adjusted
N	13–16	36–43	11–14
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.5±0.6	4.5±0.6	5.8±0.7	0.21	0.29
Glucose 30 min (mmol/L)	6.7±1.2	6.6±1.0	7.9±1.5	0.002	0.01
Glucose 120 min (mmol/L)	6.6 (5.9–6.9)	6.1 (5.2-6-8)	6.6 (5.4–7.3)	0.35	0.33
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)∞	40 (22–57)	53 (35–65)	64 (30–70)	0.11	0.13
Insulin 30 min (pmol/L)∞	318 (174–539)	252 (101–414)	287 (218–389)	0.92	0.67
Insulin 120 min (pmol/L)∞	274 (197–337)	252 (165–451)	206 (106–333)	0.15	0.12
Fasting C-peptide (pmol/L)∞	424 (397–567)	443 (374–526)	362 (280–670)	0.76	0.96
C-peptide 30 min (pmol/L)∞	1562 (1018–1906)	1295 (964–1897)	1324 (1170–1569)	0.97	0.97
C-peptide 120 min (pmol/L)∞	1622 (1360–1081)	1666 (1293–2296)	1586 (1167–1975)	0.70	0.62
HOMA-IR∞	1.13 (0.62–1.81)	1.61 (1.10–1.92)	1.88 (0.88–2.15)	0.18	0.21

∞P values from log-transformed data due to skewed residuals.

HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test.