Table 1
Clinical and biochemical characteristics in women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus and control group

Variable	Postpartum-IGT (n=17)	Postpartum-NGT (n=19)	Control (n=19)
Age (yr)	31±4	32±4	32±4
Body mass index (kg/m2)	23.7±3.2	23.0±3.7	22.2±3.0
Waist to hip ratio	0.81±0.03	0.79±0.07	0.77±0.05
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	111.4±8.9	110.0±8.9	108.9±9.6
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	70.0±8.6	68.2±6.0	70.0±5.0
FPG (mmol/L)	5.2±0.5*	4.8±0.4*	4.6±0.5
PPG (mmol/L)	8.6±0.8*,†	6.5±0.9*	5.1±2.4
Fasting serum insulin (pmol/L)	22.0±22.7*	19.1±10.8	60.3±38.9
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.4±0.9	4.7±0.7	4.3±0.7
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.6±1.6	1.3±1.2	1.7±0.9
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.4±0.7	2.9±0.7	2.5±0.7
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.4±0.9	1.3±0.3	1.2±0.2
Parental history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (%)	13 (76.4 )†	3 (15.8)	-

Values are presented as mean±SD.
IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; FPG, fasting plasma glucose at postpartum; PPG, post-challenge plasma glucose at postpartum.
^*P<0.05 vs. control. ^†P<0.05 vs. postpartum NGT.