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Table 1 Characteristics of pregnant women

From: Phospholipids in lipoproteins: compositional differences across VLDL, LDL, and HDL in pregnant women

 

Control (n = 10)

Obese (n = 10)

P

Age (years)

33.80 ± 1.87

34.50 ± 2.31

0.807

Pregestational BMI (kg/m2)

22.51 ± 0.50

32.22 ± 0.92

< 0.001

BMI at delivery (kg/m2)

28.22 ± 0.57

35.63 ± 1.18

< 0.001

Glucose (mg/dl)

59.80 ± 2.48

62.10 ± 6.271

0.377

Insulin (UI)

9.47 ± 1.50

14.73 ± 2.68

0.090

TG (mmol/L)

1.94 ± 0.25

1.95 ± 0.17

0.973

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

6.77 ± 0.40

6.31 ± 0.39

0.399

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.81 ± 0.31

3.37 ± 0.42

0.385

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.06 ± 0.24

2.00 ± 0.18

0.834

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, TG triacylglycerol, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein