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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics and biochemical parameters of patients

From: Mitochondrial content, oxidative, and nitrosative stress in human full-term placentas with gestational diabetes mellitus

 

NPW patients (n = 12)

GDM patients (n = 12)

P

Maternal age (years)

27.7 ± 5.2

28.3 ± 5

0.8

Gestational age at birth (weeks)

38.1 ± 1.1

37.3 ± 1.9

0.3

Maternal BMI (Kg/m2)

32.7 ± 5.2

32.7 ± 5.3

1.0

Gain of maternal body weight (kg)

12.3 ± 8.2

10.2 ± 8.2

0.5

Glucose (mg/dL)

70 ± 7

84 ± 16

0.05

HbA1c (%)

5.0 ± 1

4.4 ± 0.7

0.2

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

207 ± 62

244 ± 51

0.2

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

205 ± 47

199 ± 27

0.7

HDL (mg/dL)

60 ± 12

60 ± 7

0.8

LDL (mg/dL)

104 ± 38

90 ± 30

0.4

VLDL (mg/dL)

41 ± 12

49 ± 10

0.2

  1. NPW normal pregnant women, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, VLDL very-low-density lipoprotein