Research Article
Inflammatory and Adipokine Status from Early to Midpregnancy in Arab Women and Its Associations with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Maternal characteristics according to GDM status.
| | Parameters | Non-GDM | GDM | values |
| | 133 | 99 | | | Age (years) | | | 0.39 | | Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.88 | | BMI (kg/m2) at visit 1 | | | 0.69 | | BMI (kg/m2) at visit 2 | | | 0.40 | | Gestational weight gain (kg) | | | 0.049 | | Waist-hip ratio (WHR) visit 1 | | | 0.13 | | Systolic BP (mmHg) | | | 0.26 | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | | | 0.26 | | Body fat (%) visit 1 | | | 0.23 | | Obstetric and family history | | | | | Multiparous (yes) | 78 (58.6) | 62 (62.6) | 0.54 | | Caesarean section (yes) | 38 (28.5) | 26 (26.2) | 0.70 | | Miscarriage (yes) | 33 (24.8) | 25 (25.2) | 0.94 | | Past GDM (yes) | 4 (0.03) | 20 (0.20) | <0.001 | | Biochemical parameters | | | | | HbA1c (%) | | | <0.001 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | 0.68 | | HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | 0.10 | | Cholesterol-HDL ratio | | | 0.16 | | LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | 0.83 | | Triglycerides (mmol/l) | | | 0.36 |
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Note: data presented as ; independent sample -test was used to obtain values; significant at . |
