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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of mothers

From: Evaluation of preadipocyte factor-1 (Pref-1) level in cord blood of newborns born by mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

 

Mothers with GDMa

(n = 30)

Mothers with normal pregnancy

(n = 40)

p

Clinical data

   

Maternal age (years)

32 ± 4.8

30.5 ± 5

0.167

Maternal BMI (kg/m2) before pregnancy

26 ± 6.2

23 ± 4

0.039

Maternal gestational weight gain (kg)

11.1 ± 3.11 8 ± 1.4

0.000

Smoking, n (%)

2(6.7%)

4(10%)

-

Maternal fasting glucose (mg/dL)

86.5 ± 8.3

79.13 ± 7.7

0.001

Mean HbA1cb (%NGSP) 3rd trimester

Mean HbA1c (mmol/molIFCC) 3rd trimester

Mean HbA1c (mg/dLeAG) 3rd trimester

5.04 ± 0.6

32 ± 4.2

98 ± 12.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. aGDM - gestational diabetes mellitus, bHbA1C - glycated haemoglobin is a form of haemoglobin that is formed in a nonenzymatic glycation pathway by haemoglobin exposure to plasma glucose