Low Glycemic Index Carbohydrates versus All Types of Carbohydrates for Treating Diabetes in Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Glycemic Control
Table 3
Group differences in plasma and capillary glucose concentration (mg/dL) throughout the intervention ().
Group 1 (All types of CHO) ()
Group 2 (Low GI CHO) ()
valueb, c
T1
T2
T3
valuea
T1
T2
T3
valuea
Plasma fasting (mg/dL)
104.10 ± 31.83
92.07 ± 17.05
90.06 ± 15.64
0.003
*
95.05 ± 13.97
91.82 ± 12.39
88.18 ± 13.83
0.004
*
0.502
Capillary (mg/dL)
Fasting
96.00 ± 13.91
90.32 ± 11.25
85.57 ± 11.78
0.001
*
96.25 ± 12.21
91.78 ± 8.40
88.20 ± 12.06
0.001
*
0.375
2 h-postprandial breakfast
105.45 ± 19.50
108.43 ± 15.31
106.21 ± 17.00
0.817
108.76 ± 19.10
106.65 ± 12.35
103.89 ± 16.69
0.068
0.874
Preprandial lunch
90.88 ± 16.02
87.98 ± 12.17
88.92 ± 13.78
0.481
88.85 ± 11.79
87.95 ± 8.09
89.20 ± 12.20
0.868
0.074
2 h-postprandial lunch
119.16 ± 16.15
118.27 ± 14.96
115.59 ± 14.96
0.179
118.79 ± 21.98
114.35 ± 13.97
115.51 ± 17.82
0.344
0.351
Preprandial dinner
96.92 ± 13.37
98.46 ± 15.88
96.42 ± 16.70
0.849
99.18 ± 18.26
96.14 ± 9.38
96.22 ± 12.74
0.221
0.298
2 h-postprandial dinner
108.97 ± 12.78
111.75 ± 13.21
111.78 ± 15.42
0.346
116.20 ± 21.96
111.82 ± 13.79
110.37 ± 14.92
0.084
0.448
Mean ± SD analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA (factors: study group and type of DM).
aIntra-group differences, binter-group differences.
cEstimated effect size Eta2 in all comparisons.
*Significant decrease throughout time (). Type of DM was a nonsignificant factor in the analysis (). T1: first visit value, T2: mean values throughout pregnancy, and T3: last visit value.
