American Diabetes Association

TABLE 1

Descriptive characteristics during late pregnancy and postpartum in women with GDM

	Late pregnancy	Postpartum
Age (years)	36.1 ± 1.9	36.9 ± 1.9^*
Parity (n)	0–1 (n = 4)
	>1 (n = 5)
Weight (kg)	95.8 ± 6.0	90.4 ± 7.0
BMI (kg/m²)	35.2 ± 2.0	33.0 ± 2.6
Body fat (%)	39.2 ± 1.7	42.6 ± 2.1^*
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)	92 ± 2	105 ± 5^*
Fasting plasma insulin (μU/ml)	24.6 ± 3.4	17.7 ± 2.4^**

	Late pregnancy	Postpartum
Age (years)	36.1 ± 1.9	36.9 ± 1.9^*
Parity (n)	0–1 (n = 4)
	>1 (n = 5)
Weight (kg)	95.8 ± 6.0	90.4 ± 7.0
BMI (kg/m²)	35.2 ± 2.0	33.0 ± 2.6
Body fat (%)	39.2 ± 1.7	42.6 ± 2.1^*
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)	92 ± 2	105 ± 5^*
Fasting plasma insulin (μU/ml)	24.6 ± 3.4	17.7 ± 2.4^**

Data are means ± SE; n = 9.

*

P < 0.05,

**

P < 0.01 vs. late pregnancy.