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Table 1 Anthropometric parameters of gestational diabetes, normal pregnant, diabetes nonpregnant and nondiabetes nonpregnant women

From: Effects of gestational diabetes mellitus and diabetes mellitus on lipid profile, antioxidants, hormones and electrolytes status in a population of Nigerian women

Anthropometric parameters

Gestational diabetes

Normal pregnant

Diabetes

nonpregnant

Nondiabetes, nonpregnant

Age(yrs)

33.78 ± 2.59b

27.00 ± 3.87a

41.86 ± 10.17c

38.25 ± 5.85b

Body weight(kg)

77.4 ± 8.50ab

66.92 ± 14.05ab

84.00 ± 38.18b

56.80 ± 12.40a

Height(m)

1.55 ± 0.04a

1.59 ± 0.07a

1.61 ± 0.06a

1.62 ± 0.07a

Body Mass Index (BMI) (kgm−2)

32.38 ± 4.25a

27.85 ± 8.58a

31.95 ± 12.48a

25.24 ± 3.30a

Gestational Age (weeks)

17.76 ± 5.46

17.62 ± 3.33

  

Systolic Blood pressure (mmHg)

112.31 ± 12.35a

109.29 ± 11.41a

164 ± 45.05b

108 ± 15.98a

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

72.34 ± 9.27a

67.86 ± 5.88a

88.00 ± 10.95b

73.25 ± 6.29a

  1. The data are shown as means ± standard deviations (SDs) of the participants’ anthropometric parameters, with varying superscripts (a, b and c) denoting significant differences at p ˂ 0.05