Triglycerides/Glucose and Triglyceride/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Indices in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancies: A Longitudinal Study

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and biochemical characteristics of healthy women during pregnancy and three months postpartum.

Variables	Healthy women ()
	EP	MP	LP	PP	ANOVA test
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	-value
Age (years)	25.86 ± 5.91	NA	NA	NA	NA
Gestational age at blood sampling (weeks)	12.25 ± 0.77	24.55 ± 0.67	34.73 ± 0.85	NA
Height (meters)	1.58 ± 0.05	NA	NA	NA	NA
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.7 ± 2.8	24.6 ± 2.7	26.4 ± 2.8	23.69 ± 2.91
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	97.7 ± 9.7	97.0 ± 10.6	99.3 ± 9.3	103.22 ± 13.5
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	62.6 ± 6.6	61.4 ± 6.4	62.4 ± 7.3	66.08 ± 9.24
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)	74.3 ± 6.8	73.3 ± 7.0	74.7 ± 7.2	78.67 ± 8.84
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)	77.9 ± 8.1	74.1 ± 6.4	73.5 ± 6.8	80.76 ± 7.43
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	112.0 ± 39.6	181.0 ± 58.1	236.2 ± 68.9	87.44 ± 40.59
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	165.5 ± 33.1	222.1 ± 41.4	244.2 ± 49.6	170.35 ± 29.9
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	56.0 ± 10.4	66.7 ± 12.3	64.8 ± 12.8	51.12 ± 9.62
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	102.8 ± 31.0	138.1 ± 42.4	155.4 ± 48.9	111.98 ± 32.5
C-reactive protein (mg/l)	5.0 ± 2.9	4.8 ± 2.8	5.6 ± 3.4	3.45 ± 3.40
Fasting insulin (μUI/ml)	8.7 ± 4.0	10.7 ± 4.7	12.9 ± 4.9	8.56 ± 5.15
HOMA-IR	1.69 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 1.0	1.73 ± 1.13
QUICKI	0.362 ± 0.03	0.352 ± 0.03	0.342 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.04
TyG index	8.3 ± 0.37	8.8 ± 0.4	9.0 ± 0.3	8.08 ± 0.43
TG/HDL-c index	2.1 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 1.2	1.80 ± 1.01

Nonparametric ANOVA test. EP: early pregnancy; MP: middle pregnancy; LP: late pregnancy; PP: three months postpartum; BMI: body mass index; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance; QUICKI: quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; TyG index: triglycerides/glucose; TG/HDL-c index: triglycerides/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. A -value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.