Journal of Diabetes Research

Research Article

Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Gestational Diabetes: The Predictive Role of Routine Biomarkers and Nutrigenetic Variants

Table 1

Characteristics of patients during pregnancy.
Variable
Age (yr), mean ± SD35.3 ± 3.8
School education, (%) 
 Low school2 (7.1)
 High school14 (50.0)
 University degree12 (42.9)
Marital status, (%) 
 Single5 (17.9)
 Married23 (82.1)
Employment, (%) 
 Employed18 (64.3)
 Unemployed10 (35.7)
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD27.4 ± 7.1
BMI at OGTT (kg/m2), mean ± SD30.8 ± 6.9
BMI at the end of pregnancy (kg/m2), mean ± SD31.6 ± 5.8
Weight variation, mean ± SD 
OGTT vs prepregnancy (kg)6.2 ± 4.7
Delivery vs prepregnancy (kg)6.3 ± 5.9
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD113.0 ± 16.8
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD72.2 ± 10.9
3rd LDL-C (mg/dl), mean ± SD150.5 ± 56.4
3rd HDL-C (mg/dl), mean ± SD68.8 ± 13.5
3rd TC (mg/dl), mean ± SD273.4 ± 51.0
3rd TG (mg/dl), mean ± SD242.7 ± 75.8
Smoking habit, (%) 
 No20 (71.4)
 Yes2 (7.1)
 Ex6 (21.4)
OGTT, mean ± SD 
 T094.5 ± 6.3
 T60161.8 ± 27.1
 T120134.6 ± 34.5
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl), mean ± SD83.0 ± 8.0
Family history of DM (1st degree), (%)12 (42.9)
Previous GDM, (%)5 (17.9)