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Table 2 Blood pressure and cardiometabolic biomarkers measurement results (mean ± SD) by pre-pregnancy body mass index classification in 178 pregnant women

From: Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index on cardiometabolic biomarkers in pregnant emirati women

Biomarkers

Underweight n = 5

Normal weight n = 59

Overweight n = 52

Obese n = 61

Total n = 178

P-valuea

Significant differences betweena

p-valuea

Systolic BP (mmHg)

110 ± 7.9

110 ± 6.9

112 ± 6.8

113 ± 7.8

112 ± 7.3

0.12

NA

NA

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

71 ± 3.6

70 ± 5.04

71 ± 4.83

72 ± 5.2

71 ± 5.0

0.27

NA

NA

HbA1C (%)

4.79 ± 0.28

4.88 ± 0.45

4.89 ± 0.48

4.98 ± 0.43

4.92 ± 0.45

0.55

NA

NA

RBG (mmol/L)

3.97 ± 0.25

4.34 ± 1.01

4.17 ± 0.75

4.43 ± 0.89

4.31 ± 0.88

0.34

NA

NA

GGT (IU/L)

9.78 ± 6.59

11.86 ± 8.07

11.79 ± 7.51

10.32 ± 4.02

11.25 ± 6.69

0.52

NA

NA

Total-C (mmol/L)

5.63 ± 1.09

5.76 ± 1.23

5.79 ± 1.09

5.70 ± 0.99

5.74 ± 0.99

0.97

NA

NA

HDL (mmol/L)

1.53 ± 0.40

1.84 ± 0.42

1.88 ± 0.44

1.88 ± 0.44

1.86 ± 0.43

0.34

NA

NA

LDL (mmol/L)

3.54 ± 0.67

4.15 ± 1.29

3.91 ± 1.08

3.95 ± 1.09

3.99 ± 1.15

0.54

NA

NA

TG (mmol/L)

2.13 ± 1.22

1.86 ± 0.86

1.84 ± 1.00

1.75 ± 0.81

1.82 ± 0.89

0.76

NA

NA

LP-a (nmol/L)

57.20 ± 55.63

78.94 ± 69.26

75.66 ± 63.10

76.12 ± 67.65

76.39 ± 66.17

0.91

NA

NA

APO-A (g/L)

2.00 ± 0.44

2.15 ± 0.37

2.20 ± 0.39

2.16 ± 0.44

2.16 ± 0.40

0.72

NA

NA

APO-B (g/L)

1.23 ± 0.32

1.37 ± 0.40

1.33 ± 0.38

1.30 ± 0.34

1.33 ± 0.37

0.73

NA

NA

Hs-CRP (mg/l)

5.56 ± 8.62

6.83 ± 6.02

5.72 ± 4.94

6.61 ± 5.43

6.39 ± 5.57

0.72

NA

NA

IL-6 (pg/ml)

2.71 ± 2.58

2.99 ± 2.15

2.64 ± 1.76

2.74 ± 1.77

2.79 ± 1.91

0.80

NA

NA

TNF-α (pg/ml)

4.96 ± 3.95

4.50 ± 2.82

4.11 ± 2.47

4.36 ± 2.47

4.351 ± 2.62

0.83

NA

NA

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

175.21 ± 76.92

112.21 ± 55.96

104.83 ± 53.61

100.59 ± 62.42

110.91 ± 58.82

0.08

NA

NA

sICAM-1 (ng/ml)

336.81 ± 78.27

262.27 ± 57.79

248.30 ± 71.09

265.31 ± 62.55

261.34 ± 64.65

0.025

Underweight vs overweight

0.045

sVCAM-1 (ng/ml)

640.62 ± 168.78

623.79 ± 119.88

635.73 ± 132.55

628.08 ± 126.33

629.25 ± 126.26

0.96

NA

NA

  1. Normal weight (BMI = 18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (BMI = 25–29.9 kg/m2), obese (BMI = ≥ 30 kg/m2)
  2. SD: standard deviation; NA: not applicable. BP: blood pressure. HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; RBG: Random blood glucose; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; Total-C: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TG: triglycerides; Lp-a: lipoprotein- a; Apo-A: apolipoprotein-A; Apo-B: apolipoprotein-B; Hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IGF-1: Insulin-like growth factor-1; sICAM-1: soluble intercellular cytoadhesive molecule-1; sVCAM-1: soluble vascular cytoadhesive molecule-1
  3. aOne-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni post hoc correction