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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of participants

From: DNA methylation patterns and predictive models for metabolic disease risk in offspring of gestational diabetes mellitus

Clinical characteristics

Test group (n = 5)

Control group (n = 5)

P value

Maternal age (years)

29.60 ± 3.14

27.20 ± 1.33

0.196

BMI (kg/m2)

22.91 ± 1.97

21.95 ± 1.01

0.358

Gestational age (weeks)

39.46 ± 3.49

39.69 ± 3.06

0.510

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

5.07 ± 0.37

4.69 ± 0.26

0.128

1-h plasma glucose (mmol/L)

11.05 ± 0.67

7.67 ± 1.51

0.003**

2-h plasma glucose (mmol/L)

8.69 ± 0.71

7.26 ± 0.70

0.020*

Birthweight of newborns (g)

3952 ± 551

3424 ± 341

0.142

  1. *indicates p<0.05, ** indicates p <0.01 compared with the control group