RBP4 Gene Variants Are Associated with Insulin Resistance in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes

Table 1

General characteristics of participants at gestational week 30.

	GDM	Control
	(𝑛=100)	(𝑛=100)
Age (yr)	32.8±5.2^∗	25.9±5.3
Weight (kg)	80.0±11.3^∗	67.5±15.2
Height (m)	1.55±0.06	1.55±0.08
BMI (kg/m^2)	30.3±5.0^∗	28.7±7.5
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	108.4±13.7^∗	104.8±10.3
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	72.0±6.9^∗	66.5±8.4
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)	64.8±38.8^∗	52.1±32.8
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.36±1.14^∗	3.9±0.76
HOMA-IR	2.22±0.3^∗	1.3±0.16
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	3.85±1.23^∗	2.78±1.12
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	7.21±1.42^∗	6.92±1.46
RBP-4 (𝜇g/mL)	4.92±1.71	5.86±1.64

Data are means ± SD.
^∗𝑃<0.05.