Research Article

Long-Term Metabolic Outcomes after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM): Results from the Odense GDM Follow-Up Study (OGFUS)

Table 3

Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results and estimates of insulin sensitivity and beta cell function of women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus (pGDM) without diabetes diagnosed before the follow-up assessment and controls (non-GDM).

pGDM ()Non-GDM ()
Valid Median (IQR)Valid Median (IQR)

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)1125.7 (5.2-6.2)705.3 (5.1-5.6)<0.001
30 min plasma glucose (mmol/l)1128.7 (7.5-9.5)707.8 (7.0-8.8)<0.0011
120 min plasma glucose (mmol/l)1127.5 (6.0-9.4)706.2 (5.4-7.1)<0.001
Fasting serum insulin (pmol/l)11288.5 (55.0-130)7056.0 (38.2-81.8)<0.001
30 min serum insulin (pmol/l)112448 (258-660)70428 (306-575)0.58
120 min serum insulin (pmol/l)112554 (296-925)70271 (196-435)<0.001
Fasting serum C-peptide (pmol/l)112829 (674-1136)70654 (550-831)<0.001
30 min serum C-peptide (pmol/l)1122187 (1660-2736)702232 (1731-2645)0.941
120 min serum C-peptide (pmol/l)1123439 (2533-4412)702650 (2035-3365)<0.001
HOMA-IR1123.2 (1.8-5.0)702.0 (1.3-2.8)<0.001
QUICKI1120.4 (0.3-0.4)700.4 (0.4-0.4)<0.001
BIGTT-1123.4 (1.2-7.2)706.7 (3.7-9.7)<0.001
Matsuda1127.8 (4.8-13.5)7012.4 (8.1-17.9)<0.001
HOMA-β112113 (78.3-161)7087.4 (64.3-121)<0.001
BIGTT-AIR1122286 (1558-3232)702376 (1773-3195)0.28
CIR1121144 (638-1697)701443 (860-2208)0.021
IGI112128 (67.7-187)70164 (99.1-221)0.025
DI ()112939 (516-1491)701776 (1144-2826)<0.001
DI ()1128188 (4449-14320)7016912 (11081-28164)<0.001
DI ()1127422 (2575-14549)7015949 (11255-20784)<0.001
DI ()11246.9 (27.8-68.4)7065.4 (38.2-87.0)0.003
DI ()112359 (199-625)70653 (429-1192)<0.001

IQR: interquartile range; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; QUICKI: quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; BIGTT-SI: BIGTT sensitivity index; Matsuda: Matsuda index; HOMA-β: homeostatic model assessment of beta cell function; BIGTT-AIR:BIGTT acute insulin response; CIR: corrected insulin response; IGI: insulinogenic index; DI: disposition index. 1Differences were tested with Student’s -test instead of Mann-Whitney test.