The Potential Role of Chemerin, Lipocalin 2, and Apelin in the Diagnosis and Pathophysiology of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics (mean and standard deviation; median and range 25-75 percentile for gravidity).

	GDM group ()	Uncomplicated pregnancy group ()	value
Maternal age (years)	27.59 (4.87)	27.23 (4.67)	NS
Gravidity	2 (1-2.5)	2 (1-3)	NS
Pregestational BMI (kg/m^2)	23.71 (2.64)	22.81 (2.05)
BMI at blood collection (kg/m^2)	26.63 (2.11)	26.13 (1.71)	NS
EFW at blood collection (g)	920.0 (187.8)	961.2 (168.5)	NS
Weeks of gestation at blood collection	26.54 (1.41)	26.81 (1.26)	NS

GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; EFW: estimated fetal weight; : statistical significance; NS: statistically not significant.