Anti-inflammatory Role of Carotenoids in Endothelial Cells Derived from Umbilical Cord of Women Affected by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of control (C, ) and gestational diabetic (GD, ) women.

Characteristic	C-women	GD-women
Age (years)	35 ± 7.1	34 ± 5.67
Height (cm)	163.75 ± 5.66	162.4 ± 7.93
Pregestational weight (kg)	68.14 ± 13	67.1 ± 10.73
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.49 ± 5.18	27.81 ± 2.97
OGTT values (mmol/L)
Basal glycaemia	4.5 ± 0.24	5.1 ± 0.24
1 h glycaemia	8.1 ± 0.99	10.2 ± 1.16
2 h glycaemia	6.54 ± 1.14	8.04 ± 1.71
OGTT gestational week	27.9 ± 2.4	24.4 ± 4.7
SBP (mm/Hg)	107.6 ± 8.87	105.5 ± 10.7
DBP (mm/Hg)	71.4 ± 9.1	68.4 ± 10.57

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. BMI: body mass index, OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure. ; .