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Table 2 Glucose and lipid profiles 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

Biochemical parameter (mmol/l)

Gestational diabetes

Normal pregnant

Diabetes

nonpregnant

Nondiabetes, nonpregnant

FPG

6.05 ± 1.32b

3.63 ± 0.58a

9.80 ± 4.56c

4.27 ± 0.63a

1HPP

6.94 ± 2.38

5.02 ± 1.23

  

2HPP

6.39 ± 2.42

4.82 ± 1.07

  

TG

1.97 ± 0.85b

1.21 ± 0.29a

1.54 ± 0.70ab

1.18 ± 0.33a

TC

4.98 ± 1.31ab

4.71 ± 0.89a

5.69 ± 0.83b

4.88 ± 1.14ab

HDL-C

2.09 ± 0.50b

1.67 ± 0.28a

1.62 ± 0.75a

1.35 ± 0.45a

LDL-C

2.64 ± 0.89a

2.51 ± 0.80a

3.93 ± 1.11b

2.30 ± 0.62a

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD of participants’ data with varying superscripts (a, b and c) denoting significant differences at p ˂ 0.05
  2. Keywords: FPG Fasting plasma glucose, 1 HPP and 2 HPP  1 h and 2 HPP postprandial, TG Triglycerides, TC Total cholesterol, HDL-C and LDLC High-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol