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Table 5 Association between blood pressure and biomarkers concentrations with trimester of pregnancy in 178 pregnant women

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

Response variable

Univariate modela

Multivariate modelb

Interaction between pBMI and trimester of pregnancy

Coefficient (95% ci)

p-value

Coefficient (95% ci)

p-value

p-value

Systolic BP (mmHg)

− 1.23 (− 2.68, 0.208)

0.093

− 1.08 (− 2.74, 0.58)

0.21

NA

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

− 1.00 (− 2.00, − 0.006)

0.049

− 1.11 (− 2.27, 0.053)

0.061

NA

HbA1C (%)

− 0.05 (− 0.27, 0.14)

0.184

NA

NA

NA

RBG (mmol/L)

− 0.024 (− 0.19, 0.14)

0.779

NA

NA

NA

GGT (IU/L)

− 2.06 (− 3.31, − 0.81)

0.001

− 1.67 (− 2.96, − 0.38)

0.011

0.05

Total-C (mmol/L)

0.87 (0.70, 1.04)

 < 0.001

0.97 (0.78, 1.16)

 < 0.001

NA

HDL (mmol/L)

0.15 (− 0.07, 0.23)

 < 0.001

0.18 (0.09, 0.27)

 < 0.001

NA

LDL (mmol/L)

0.92 (0.75, 1.09)

 < 0.001

1.03 (0.84, 1.22)

 < 0.001

NA

TG (mmol/L)

0.59 (0.42, 0.76)

 < 0.001

0.59 (0.42, 0.76)

 < 0.001

NA

LP-a (nmol/L)

− 5.04 (− 17.7, 7.68)

0.435

NA

NA

NA

APO-A (g/L)

0.23 (0.16, 0.30)

 < 0.001

0.23 (0.16, 0.31)

 < 0.001

NA

APO-B (g/L)

0.32 (0.26, 0.37)

 < 0.001

0.35 (0.29, 0.41)

 < 0.001

NA

Hs-CRP (mg/l)

− 0.03 (− 0.96, 0.89)

0.947

NA

NA

NA

IL-6 (pg/ml)

− 0.44 (− 0.80, − 0.08)

0.016

− 0.49 (− 0.88, − 0.092)

0.016

NA

TNF-α (pg/ml)

− 0.68 (− 1.18, − 0.19)

0.007

− 0.77 (− 1.31, − 0.22)

0.006

NA

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

15.90 (4.82, 26.99)

0.005

15.39 (2.91, 27.87)

0.016

NA

sICAM-1 (ng/ml)

2.24 (− 10.20, 14.70)

0.722

NA

NA

0.008

sVCAM-1 (ng/ml)

− 2.06 (− 26.38, 22.26)

0.867

NA

NA

NA

  1. ci: confidence intervals; 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; NA: not applicable
  2. aLinear regression model
  3. blinear regression adjusting for maternal age, pre-pregnancy body mass index, education level