Table 3.

Maternal characteristics, lipid profiles and glucose metabolism indices in different QUICKI subgroups.

Characteristics	IR-Q1 N=783	IR-Q2a N=155	IR-Q3a N=142	IR-Q4a N=154
Maternal age, years	31.42 ± 4.24	32.30 ± 4.76*	31.25 ± 3.91	31.76 ± 4.41
BMI, kg/m2	20.43 ± 2.33	23.83 ± 3.31**	21.98 ± 3.04**	21.53 ± 2.27**
Conception by IVF, n (%)	134 (17.1)	25 (16.1)	29 (20.4)	33 (21.4)
Smoking, n (%)	5 (0.6)	3 (1.9)	3 (2.1)	1 (0.6)
Family history of diabetes mellitus, n (%)	34 (4.3)	11 (7.1)	9 (6.3)	12 (7.8)
Multiparous, n (%)	245 (31.3)	62 (40.0)*	50 (35.2)	55 (35.7)
Blood tests in the first trimester
TC, mmol/L	4.91 ± 0.77	5.19 ± 0.84**	5.01 ± 0.83	5.02 ± 1.05
TG, mmol/L	1.26 ± 0.49	1.73 ± 0.68**	1.48 ± 0.54**	1.44 ± 0.45**
HDL-c, mmol/L	1.83 ± 0.32	1.71 ± 0.34**	1.73 ± 0.33**	1.72 ± 0.29**
LDL-c, mmol/L	2.71 ± 0.52	2.97 ± 0.58**	2.86 ± 0.56**	2.87 ± 0.76**
HbAlc, %	5.12 ± 0.29	5.20 ± 0.33**	5.11 ± 0.35	5.19 ± 0.31**
FPG, mmol/L	4.27 ± 0.32	4.49 ± 0.36**	4.58 ± 0.34**	4.31 ± 0.33
FINS, μU/mL	5.05 ± 1.65	12.32 ± 4.05**	10.24 ± 2.62**	6.51 ± 1.51**
Blood tests in the second trimester
TC, mmol/L	6.32 ± 1.05	6.28 ± 1.12	6.35 ± 1.12	6.40 ± 1.24
TG, mmol/L	1.96 ± 0.72	2.55 ± 1.01**	2.35 ± 0.87**	2.41 ± 0.90**
HDL-c, mmol/L	2.11 ± 0.37	1.99 ± 0.35**	2.03 ± 0.37*	2.02 ± 0.35**
LDL-c, mmol/L	3.58 ± 0.73	3.56 ± 0.81	3.65 ± 0.76	3.69 ± 1.02
HbAlc, %	4.83 ± 0.30	5.05 ± 0.34**	4.85 ± 0.28	4.96 ± 0.33**
FINS, μU/mL	6.41 ± 1.86	14.88 ± 5.03**	7.78 ± 1.59**	12.19 ± 2.29**
Oral glucose test result
FPG, mmol/L	4.21 ± 0.30	4.60 ± 0.40**	4.33 ± 0.30**	4.51 ± 0.37**
1-h PG, mmol/L	7.71 ± 1.58	8.82 ± 1.71**	7.77 ± 1.63	8.27 ± 1.82**
2-h PG, mmol/L	6.66 ± 1.37	7.53 ± 1.43**	6.84 ± 1.35	7.14 ± 1.43**

^a In comparison with IR-Q1 group; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.