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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the studied women

From: Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms with insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity, and diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus

Variable

All women

Women with postpartum diabetes

Women without postpartum diabetes

p value#

Number of women

374

57

317

 

Ethnicity [European/non-European/unknown] (N)

286/77/11

29/26/2

257/51/9

 

Maternal age (years)

32.87 (4.82)

34.61 (4.76)

32.56 (4.77)

0.003

BMI (kg/m2)

25.24 (5.22)

30.48 (6.15)

24.29 (4.43)

 < 0.0001

HOMA-IR*

0.68 (3.72)

2.56 (3.32)

0.34 (3.70)

 < 0.0001

Disposition index*

8.09 (14.45)

3.00 (6.62)

9.00 (15.27)

0.0038

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)*

5.23 (1.97)

6.32 (1.29)

5.03 (2.02)

 < 0.0001

30 min plasma glucose (mmol/L)*

7.98 (3.11)

9.19 (3.87)

7.76 (2.91)

0.0013

120 min plasma glucose (mmol/L)*

6.56 (2.87)

9.17 (2.86)

6.09 (2.62)

 < 0.0001

  1. N = number. * Data from OGTT performed at 1–2 years postpartum. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Differences in means were tested using Student's t-test. # p value for differences between women with postpartum diabetes and women without postpartum diabetes
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BMC Medical Genomics

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