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. 2022 Jun 13;14(12):2444. doi: 10.3390/nu14122444

Table 4.

Percentage of women with GDM who received medication as a function of insulin resistance and concomitant beta cell function.

Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Beta cell function
(HOMA-β)
Q1 17/89 (19%) **
M: 0 (0%) M: 3 (10%) M: 4 (36%) M: 1 (10%) M: 1 (33%) M: 9 (10%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 1 (3%) I: 4 (36%) I: 0 (0%) I: 1 (33%) I: 6 (7%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 1 (10%) MI: 1 (33%) MI: 2 (2%)
Q2 23/118 (19%) **
M: 0 (0%) M: 2 (8%) M: 6 (13%) M: 3 (9%) M: 0 (0%) M: 11 (9%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 2 (4%) I: 4 (12%) I: 2 (29%) I: 8 (7%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 1 (4%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 2 (6%) MI: 1 (14%) MI: 4 (3%)
Q3 28/140 (20%) **
M: 0 (0%) M: 0 (0%) M: 1 (5%) M: 2 (3%) M: 10 (20%) M: 13 (9%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 2 (11%) I: 6 (9%) I: 5 (10%) I: 13 (9%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 2 (4%) MI: 2 (1%)
Q4 22/112 (20%)
M: 0 (0%) M: 1 (100%) M: 0 (0%) M: 4 (15%) M: 11 (14%) M: 16 (14%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 1 (17%) I: 0 (0%) I: 4 (5%) I: 5 (4%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 1 (1%) MI: 1 (1%)
Q5 16/97 (16%)
M: 0 (0%) M: 0 (0%) M: 0 (0%) M: 1 (13%) M: 13 (15%) M: 14 (14%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 0 (0%) I: 2 (2%) I: 2 (2%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 0 (0%)
0/40 (0%) 8/60 (13%) 20/85 (24%) 24/147 (16%) 54/224 (24%) * 106/556 (19%)
M: 0 (0%) M: 6 (10%) M: 11 (13%) M: 11 (7%) M: 35 (16%) M: 63 (11%)
I: 0 (0%) I: 1 (2%) I: 9 (11%) I: 10 (7%) I: 14 (6%) I: 34 (6%)
MI: 0 (0%) MI: 1 (2%) MI: 0 (0%) MI: 3 (2%) MI: 5 (2%) MI: 9 (2%)

Q = quintile, M: metformin, I: insulin and MI: metformin and insulin. p for trend; * (p < 0.05), ** (p < 0.01).