Research Article
The Effect of Prior Gestational Diabetes on the Shape of the Glucose Response Curve during an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test 3 Years after Delivery
Table 2
Characteristics of participants by glucose curve phenotype.
| | Shape of glucose curve | Biphasic | Monophasic | |
| | Age at follow-up (year) | | | 0.04 | | Follow-up (year) | | | 0.96 | | Weight (kg) | | | 0.1 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.15 | | Waist circumference (cm) | | | 0.14 | | Waist-to-hip ratio | | | 0.78 | | Smoking, (%) | 12 (27.3) | 15 (18.8) | 0.36 | | Number of previous pregnancies, (%) | | | 0.06 | | None | 21 (48.8) | 24 (30.4) | | | One | 11 (25.6) | 26 (32.9) | | | More than one | 11 (25.6) | 29 (36.7) | | | Early GDM, (%) | 11 (23.4) | 36 (45.0) | 0.034 | | Fasting glucose (mmol/l) | | | 0.26 | | 2-hour glucose (mmol/l) | | | 0.873 | | Glucose intolerance, (%) | 6 (14) | 18 (23) | 0.34 | | A1C (%) | | | 0.46 | | AUCglu (mmol/lmin) | 753 [129] | 897 [310] | 0.009 | | Fasting insulin (μU/ml) | 8.47 [4.38] | 9.07 [9.83] | 0.66 | | HOMA2-S | 90.0 [44.7] | 82.2 [89.4] | 0.82 | | HOMA2-B | 98.0 [44.9] | 91.3 [56.1] | 0.90 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | 0.21 | | LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | 0.44 | | Serum triglyceride (mmol/l) | 0.9 [0.8] | 1.0 [1.0] | 0.033 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | 0.06 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | 0.17 | | Hypertension, (%) | 5 (12) | 16 (20) | 0.32 | | C-reactive protein (mg/l) | 1.1 [2.05] | 1.1 [2.95] | 0.25 |
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