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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the research population

From: Early pregnancy fasting plasma glucose and lipid concentrations in pregnancy and association to offspring size: a retrospective cohort study

 

GDM

NGT

P

Number

276

1270

 

Age (mean ± SD)

31.85±4.24

29.42±3.82

<0.001

Parity (%)

  

0.002

Nullipara

234(84.7)

969(76.2)

 

Multipara

42(15.2)

301(23.7)

 

Maternal BMI (kg/m2)

   

Before pregnancy

21.20±3.00

20.47±2.60

<0.001

At first prenatal visit

22.60±3.26

21.63±2.80

<0.001

At OGTT test

24.46±3.09

23.65±2.65

<0.001

At delivery

25.76±3.16

26.04±2.87

0.195

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

   

First Visit FPG

4.46±0.51

4.27±0.38

<0.001

OGTT FPG

4.61±0.53

4.27±0.31

<0.001

Before Delivery FPG

5.22±1.29

4.90±0.99

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

5.04±0.42

4.82±0.31

<0.001

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

31.83±4.63

29.37±3.42

<0.001

Lipid profile

   

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

2.31±0.84

2.09±0.76

<0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

6.09±1.02

6.11±0.99

0.754

Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

3.26±0.86

3.30±0.81

0.452

High density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

1.82±0.35

1.85±0.33

0.117

Apolipoprotein A1 (g/L)

2.05±0.31

2.01±0.34

0.103

Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

0.94±0.17

0.94±0.18

0.820

Apolipoprotein E (mg/L)

48.32±13.28

46.66±12.67

0.050

Lipoprotein-a (mg/L)

298.70±300.33

307.35±265.39

0.632

Neonatal gender (%)

  

0.947

 Male

143(51.8)

969(76.2)

 

 Female

133(48.1)

301(23.7)

 

Gestational age (day)

271.33±11.70

273.94±11.91

<0.001

Birth weight (g)

3105.49±496.54

3165.55±460.05

0.063

Birth length (cm)

48.96±2.63

49.33±2.39

0.022

head circumference (cm)

33.27±1.98

33.35±1.73

0.583

shoulder circumference (cm)

34.33±2.52

34.45±2.32

0.482

Birth method (%)

  

0.549

 Vaginal

121(43.8)

584(45.9)

 

 Cesarean

155(56.1)

686(54)