Research Article
Serum Metabolites as an Indicator of Developing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Later in the Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort of a Chinese Population
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and clinical information in the case and control groups.
| | Variables | Case () | Control () | value |
| | Gestational age of investigation | 12.6 (±0.87) | 12.7 (±0.61) | 0.503 | | Gestational age of blood collection | 12.7 (±0.99) | 12.8 (±0.77) | 0.625 | | Maternal age (years) | 32.4 (±4.61) | 31.7 (±4.33) | 0.494 | | Early pregnancy weight (kg) | 57.7 (±9.27) | 51.1 (±7.24) | <0.001 | | Early pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 23.4 (±3.23) | 20.4 (±2.49) | <0.001 | | Early pregnancy SBP (mmHg) | 120.0 (±10.38) | 113.7 (±10.07) | <0.001 | | Early pregnancy DBP (mmHg) | 77.0 (±8.55) | 72.2 (±7.90) | <0.001 | | Gravidity | 2.5 (±1.22) | 2.3 (±1.46) | 0.608 | | Parity | 0.6 (±0.61) | 0.6 (±0.50) | 1.000 | | History of GDM | | | 0.010 | | No | 43 (84.3%) | 51 (100.0%) | | | Yes | 8 (15.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | | | History of gestational hypertension | | | 1.000 | | No | 50 (98.0%) | 50 (98.0%) | | | Yes | 1 (2.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | | | Smoking | | | 0.475 | | No | 51 (100%) | 49 (96.1%) | | | Yes | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.9%) | | | Drinking | | | 0.475 | | No | 51 (100.0%) | 49 (96.1%) | | | Yes | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.9%) | | | HGB (g/L) | 127.9 (±8.55) | 122.9 (±8.78) | 0.004 | | TG (mmol/L) | 1.8 (±0.68) | 1.5 (±0.72) | 0.067 | | TC (mmol/L) | 4.6 (±0.70) | 4.4 (±0.70) | 0.262 | | HDL (mmol/L) | 1.8 (±0.40) | 1.9 (±0.37) | 0.079 | | LDL (mmol/L) | 2.6 (±0.60) | 2.3 (±0.62) | 0.034 |
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†Data are (%), . ‡BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HGB: hemoglobin; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. |
