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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and pregnancy outcomes

From: Changes in the shape and function of the fetal heart of pre- and gestational diabetes mothers

Variable

DM (N = 11)

GDM (N = 48)

Control (N = 25)

P

Age

33.91 ± 4.16

34.52 ± 4.31

33.12 ± 4.23

0.424

Pre-gestational weight (Kg)

62.40(53.00–68.00)

58.35(52.73–67.43)*

53.00(50.75–59.6)

0.015

Stature (cm)

164.32 ± 4.42

162.29 ± 4.47

161.02 ± 4.17

0.117

Pre-gestational BMI (Kg/cm2)

22.77(20.69–25.28)

23.26(19.97–25.92)*

20.70(19.53–22.73)

0.024

Weight at delivery (Kg)

73.50(62.70–77.00)

70.55(65.38–77.55)

68.00(65.00-73.85)

0.398

Gravidity (time)

2(1–2)

2(1–3)

2(1–2)

0.659

Parity (time)

0(0–1)

0(0–1)

0(0–1)

0.676

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.21(0.73–1.83)

0.88(0.70–1.26)

0.80(0.65–1.17)

0.227

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.13 ± 1.16

3.96 ± 0.69

4.12 ± 0.74

0.636

HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.38 ± 0.33

1.41 ± 0.25

1.48 ± 0.29

0.431

LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.54 ± 0.95

2.07 ± 0.57

2.12 ± 0.44

0.065

Early pregnancy fast glucose (mmol/L)

5.69(4.96–6.58)^

5.07(4.94–5.46)*

4.87(4.62–5.14)

0.001

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

38.86(38.14–39.29)^

39.29(38.64–39.86)

40.14(39.00–41.00)

0.007

Gestational age at scans (weeks)

24.43(23.86–27.57)

26.86(26.00-30.32)

25.43(22.86–29.93)

0.100

HbA1c (%)

5.81 ± 0.18

5.21 ± 0.05

 

0.000

C-section

5(45.5%)

24(50.0%)

11(44.0%)

0.878

Birth weight (Kg)

3320(3060–3760)

3432.5(3026.3-3717.5)

3190 (3045-3527.5)

0.480

APGAR at 1 min

10(10–10)

10(10–10)

10(10–10)

0.614

APGAR at 5 min

10(10–10)

10(10–10)

10(10–10)

0.468

  1. N: the number of fetal echocardiography results, HbA1c data were not available on one GDM women
  2. DM, diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL-Cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.; LDL-Cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  3. Data presented as number (%) or median (interquartile range) or mean ± SD
  4. *p < 0.05 GDM vs. control; #p < 0.05 GDM vs. DM; ^p < 0.05 DM vs. control
  5. Only statistically significant results after correction for multiple comparisons if p < 0.0167 are provided in parenthesis
  6. Bold p values are significant