Research Article
Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in relation to Plasma Concentrations of Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4: A Nested Case-Control Study in China
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of subjects in the first trimester.
| | GDM cases () | Controls () | value |
| | Age (years) | 29 (28-33) | 29 (28-33) | 1.00 | | Gestational week at enrollment | 10 (9-12) | 10 (9-12) | 0.36 | | Parity | | | 0.90 | | 0 | 60.0 | 59.3 | | | ≥1 | 40.0 | 40.7 | | | years (%) | 81.5 | 79.3 | 0.55 | | Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 22.2 (20.3-25.1) | 22.0 (19.9-24.8) | 0.45 | | GWG before OGTT (kg) | 8.6 (6.2-11.0) | 8.6 (6.4-10.5) | 0.56 | | Weekly PA time (MET-min/week) | 693 (238-1386) | 693 (198-1386) | 0.78 | | Daily calorie intake (kcal/d) | 1272 (1031-1630) | 1242 (936-1683) | 0.70 | | SBP (mmHg) | 108 (101-116) | 110 (102-119) | 0.43 | | DBP (mmHg) | 67 (62-73) | 67 (61-72) | 0.66 | | Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 5.0 (4.8-5.0) | 4.8 (4.6-5.0) | 0.02 | | Fasting insulin (μU/mL) | 45.3 (22.4-68.8) | 28.1 (19.8-52.8) | 0.02 | | HOMA-IR | 9.8 (5.1-15.1) | 5.8 (4.1-11.6) | 0.01 | | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.2 (0.9-1.4) | 1.0 (0.9-1.3) | 0.07 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.7 (1.4-1.9) | 1.8 (1.5-1.9) | 0.26 | | ALT (U/L) | 13 (10-23) | 12 (10-19) | 0.33 | | AST (U/L) | 14 (13-18) | 15 (13-17) | 0.92 |
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Data were presented as medians (interquartile ranges) or %. Abbreviations: GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; GWG: gestational weight gain; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; PA: physical activity; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase.
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