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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants according to their history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

From: Trend of various adiposity indices in women with and without history of gestational diabetes: a population-based cohort study

Variables

GDM

(N = 801)

Non-GDM

(N = 2594)

P- value

Age (years)

38.10 (7.93)

35.31 (7.88)

0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

29.23 (4.75)

27.34 (4.54)

0.001

WC (cm)

91.40 (11.75)

86.04 (11.17)

0.001

WHR

0.85 (0.07)

0.82 (0.07)

0.001

WHtR

0.58 (0.8)

0.55 (0.7)

0.001

Obesity, n (%)

319 (41.4%)

627 (25.4%)

0.001

Central obesity, n (%)

429 (56.4%)

905 (37%)

0.001

TG (mmol/L) a

0.51 (0.55)

0.33 (0.53)

0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.35 (1.10)

5.14 (1.10)

0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.40 (0.89)

3.24 (0.91)

0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.12 (0.28)

1.15 (0.29)

0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio, WHtR waist t height ratio, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein
  2. aLN, transformed