Research Article

Oxidative-Nitrative Stress and Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activation 3 Years after Pregnancy

Table 1

Characteristics of participants at follow-up (: versus previous healthy pregnancy, #: versus men, ł: versus nulliparous women, ^: versus DGDM). Mean ± SEM, Median (IQR). MALE: men; NULL: nulliparous women; PREG: previous healthy pregnancy; DGDM: previous diet-treated GDM; IGDM: previous insulin-treated GDM.

MALENULLPREGDGDMIGDM

Age (years)35.7 ± 0.934.0 ± 0.534.1 ± 0.835.2 ± 0.736.8 ± 1.7
BMI (kg/m2)27 ± 0.624.2 ± 1.423.6 ± 0.626.3 ± 1.024.6 ± 1.3
Parity01 (1-2)2 (1–3)2 (1-2)
Level of education (1–4)4 (3-4)4 (3.5–4)4 (3-4)4 (3-4)3 (3–3)#ł^
Income per capita (1–5)3 (2–4)3.5 (2.5–5)2 (2-3)ł2 (2-3)ł1 (1-2)#ł^
Smoking (%)46.7 ł^5.922.210.530.8
Glucose (mmol/l)
 0 min5.2 ± 0.25.3 ± 0.15.2 ± 0.15.5 ± 0.15.5 ± 0.2
 30 min9.3 ± 0.68.8 ± 0.57.5 ± 0.3#9.0 ± 0.39.2 ± 0.6
 90 min6.5 ± 0.55.8 ± 0.35.4 ± 0.37.3 ± 0.38.3 ± 0.9 ł
 120 min4.9 ± 0.45.2 ± 0.35.3 ± 0.36.7 ± 0.37.1 ± 0.8
Insulin (U/ml)
 0 min9.6 (4.7–10.9)7.6 (3.7–10.6)8.1 (4.5–10.1)9.9 (7.2–14.4)10.1 (4.6–15.3)
 30 min46.7 (35.2–96.2)54.5 (22.8–77.7)51.5 (30.3–67.8)55.6 (38.9–79.0)33.0 (22.6–86.9)
 90 min53.5 (32.9–106.8)38.1 (21.6–55.5)32.2 (22.9–46.0)72.0 (38.5–97.1)58.0 (31.5–103.0)
 120 min33.9 (6.4–65.2)28.5 (16.0–50.0)25.1 (14.1–38.6)56.4 (37.1–84.8)#45.7 (26.1–86.8)
Prediabetes (IGT + IFG) + Diabetes (%)6.7 + 0 6.712.5 + 0 12.54 + 0 433.3 + 0 33.330 + 10 40
HOMA2B (%)84.5 (73.5–99.6)87.1 (67.6–97.7)82.4 (61.8–117.2)98.6 (80.0–130.0)113.0 (67.4–151.9)
HOMA2S (%)76.6 (69.5–149.8)81.7 (69.8–189.5)94.0 (66.4–150.0)75.4 (51.3–104.5)67.1 (50.9–128.1)
EIR8.0 (5.0–15.5)8.8 (3.5–13.1)8.4 (4.5–10.9)7.9 (5.8–10.4)4.6 (1.9–14.3)
AUC glucose1210.9 ± 122.71065.4 ± 42.31011.2 ± 37.51257.9 ± 40.01310.1 ± 111.3
HbA1c (%)5.6 ± 0.15.6 ± 0.25.4 ± 0.15.5 ± 0.15.6 ± 0.1
CRP (mg/l)0.9 (0.3–1.9)0.6 (0.1–1.2)1.5 (0.3–2.2)1.1 (0.8–3.9)ł1.5 (0.4–4.9)
Vitamin D3 (ng/ml)23.9 ± 123.0 ± 2.425.2 ± 1.825.9 ± 1.828.7 ± 3.5
Estradiol (pg/ml)21.4 (19.0–28.2)109.7 (66.5–224.6)#75.4 (41.1–106.3)#111.9 (36.9–158.2)#82.3 (22.5–95.3)

Level of education: 1: primary school; 2: secondary school; 3: secondary grammar school; 4: college or university degree. Monthly income per capita: 1: below 185€; 2: 185–370€; 3: 370–555€; 4: 555–740€; 5: over 740€. IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; IFG: impaired fasting glucose.