Postpartum Circulating Cell-Free Insulin DNA Levels Are Higher in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Who Develop Type 2 Diabetes in Later Life
Table 1
Characteristics of the women used in this study.
Characteristics
T2DM
NGT
value1
(median and IQR)
(median and IQR)
()
()
OGTT during pregnancy
Fasting (mmol/l)
5.3 (4.7-5.7)
4.7 (4.4-5.3)
0.008
1 hour (mmol/l)
10.2 (9.7-11.4)
9.7 (8.6-11.0)
0.140
2 hour (mmol/l)
9.1 (8.1-10.8)
8.6 (8.1-9.3)
0.302
Postnatal; time of sample collection
Age (years)
35.1 (31.6-37.7)
31.8 (29.2-34.89)
0.007
BMI (kg/m2)
29.1 (23.4-34.7)
24.7 (22.6-28.1)
0.024
Fasting OGTT (mmol/l)
5.0 (4.8-5.3)
4.6 (4.4-4.9)
0.001
1 hour OGTT (mmol/l)
7.2 (6.3-8.6)
6.2 (5.3-7.6)
0.030
2 hour OGTT (mmol/l)
5.3 (4.8-6.2)
5.2 (4.4-6.0)
0.313
Cholesterol
6.0 (5.0-7.1)
5.2 (4.6-6.0)
0.011
Triglycerides
1.1 (0.8-1.5)
0.9 (0.6-1.2)
0.043
NGT: normal glucose tolerant; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; IQR: interquartile range. 1 values are computed using the Mann-Whitney test.
