Disease Markers

Research Article

Inflammatory and Adipokine Status from Early to Midpregnancy in Arab Women and Its Associations with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Inflammatory markers according to GDM status.
Inflammatory markers
Non-GDMGDM values
At visit one
 Adiponectin (μg/ml)#0.53
 Resistin (ng/ml)#0.27
 IL-6 (pg/ml)#0.32
 Leptin (ng/ml)#0.22
 TNF-α (pg/ml)#0.23
At visit two
 Adiponectin (μg/ml)#0.37
 Resistin (ng/ml)#0.64
 IL-6 (pg/ml)#0.15
 Leptin (ng/ml)#0.78
 TNF-α (pg/ml)#0.26
Note: data presented as ; # indicates nonnormal variable; independent sample -test was used to obtain values; nonnormal variables were log-transformed prior to parametric testing; value < 0.05 considered significant.