Cardiac Diastolic Evaluation in Pregnant Women with Abnormal Glucose Tolerance: An Opportunity to Detect the Early and Subclinical Alterations and Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of pregnant women with abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) in pregnancy and pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT).
Abnormal glucose tolerance woman
Normal glucose tolerance woman
value
(%)
55 (50.9)
53 (49.1)
ns
Age (yr)
0.006
Prepregnancy BMI (Kg/m²)
ns
BMI at the echocardiograms (Kg/m²)
ns
Familiarity for type 2 diabetes, (% )
28 (50.9)
27 (49.1)
ns
Previous pregnancies, (% )
76 (63.1)*
59 (36.9)
0.003
Smoke during pregnancy, (% )
5 (9.4)
5 (9.0)
ns
Gestational age at echocardiograms (weeks)
ns
Heart rate (beats/min)
ns
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
ns
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
0.02
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
0.02
Fasting insulin (μmol/L)
0.001
HOMA-IR
0.003
QUICKI
0.004
Women with OAV, (%)
23 (21.3)
0 (0)
0.001
Data are expressed as means ± SD or percentages. values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.