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Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects in each cohort

From: DNA methylation risk score for type 2 diabetes is associated with gestational diabetes

 

EPIPREG

EPIDG

Cohorts

European n = 312

South Asian n = 168

 

Variable

non-GDM (n = 237)

GDM (n = 73)

P.val

non-GDM (n = 99)

GDM (n = 69)

P.val

Non-GDM (N = 16)

GDM (N = 16)

P-value

Age

30.08 (4.47)

30.14 (4.95)

0.9421

27.87(4.512)

28.69(4.68)

0.2661

34.1(4.5)

33.81(4.1)

0.808

Gestational age (weeks)

28.10 (12.5)

28.04(13.83)

0.716

27.5 (10.2)

27.8(12.05)

0.194

27.56(2.1)

28.06 ± 2.8

0.579

O’Sullivan (mg/dl)

      

160.7(16.3)

172.94(22.2)

NS

Fasting glucose (mmol/l)

4.48 (0.32)

5.461 (0.59)

2.2E-16

4.57(0.322)

5.5(0.526)

2.2E-16

4.55(0.4)

4.96(0.6)

0.036

2 h gGlucose (mmol/l)

5.7(1.11)

7.038 (0.98)

3.9E-09

5.94(0.451)

7.064(0.542)

6.05E-06

   

prepregnant BMI (kg/m2)

24.077 (5.01)

26.27 (6.05)

0.00503

23.004(3.215

24.84(4.446)

0.0064

25.5(4.19)

25.8(4.5)

0.862

SBP (mmHg)

105.88(9.46)

110.07(9.19)

0.001

99.24(8.53)

103.94(8.25)

0.001

104.25(9.9)

111.4(15.4)

0.131

DBP (mmHg)

67.81(6.99)

69.68(7.22)

0.027

65.48(7.68)

67.08(5.78)

0.075

69.1(8.2)

70.1(7.8)

0.71

HbA1C (%)

5.037 (0.255)

5.22(0.338)

4.3E-05

5.19(0.313)

5.4 (0.333)

5.31E-05

5.1(0.28)

5.3(0.37)

0.151

HOMA-IR

1.55(1.12)

1.936(0.922)

0.0014

1.694(0.678)

2.277(0.512)

6.02E-06

1.6(0.7)

2.1(1.2)

0.147

TAG (mmol/l)

1.94 (0.721)

1.969(0.68)

0.82

1.997(0.583)

2.08(0.681)

0.42

2.2(0.6)

2.2(0.5)

0.829

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

6.51(1.093)

6.016(1.05)

0.0007

6.186(1.025)

5.753(1.027)

0.0084

7.04(1.2)

6.7(1.3)

0.446

HDL (mmol/l)

1.97 (0.412)

1.835(0.408)

0.0112

1.941(0.436)

1.80(0.451)

0.0467

2.1(0.47)

2.01(0.4)

0.424

Smoking (Yes/No)

71/45

28/45

0.046

2/95

1/67

1.21E-15

0/16

0/16

0.310

  1. BMI: body mass index. SBP: systolic blood pressure. DBP: diastolic blood pressure. HDL: high density lipoprotein cholesterol. TAG: triacylglycerol. GDM: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus group. Non-GDM: non- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus group