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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (n = 88)

From: The effect of high-intensity breastfeeding on postpartum glucose tolerance in women with recent gestational diabetes

 

Mean ± SD or number (%)

Range

Age (years)

33.3 ± 4.9

20-43

Primipara

46 (52.3%)

 

Stature (cm)

158 ± 5

147-172

Prepregnancy weight (kg)

58.5 ± 12.6

40-90

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

23.9 ± 5.1

16.6-38.9

Family history of diabetes

46 (52.2%)

 

OGTT results

  

 Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)

86.1 ± 10.5

68-118

 1-h plasma glucose (mg/dl)

188.2 ± 23.8

95-266

 2-h plasma glucose (mg/dl)

158.2 ± 25.7

86-232

 Women diagnosed by the Japanese criteria

23 (26.1%)

 

 Fasting insulin (mU/L)

7.3 ± 3.4

2.2-18.6

Insulin therapy during pregnancy

54 (61.3%)

 

Weight gain during pregnancy (kg)

6.9 ± 5.3

−11.2-20.4

Gestational age at delivery

38.5 ± 2.7

29-42

Cesarean birth

26 (29.5%)

 

Birthweight (g)

2922 ± 594

910-4090

  1. BMI body mass index, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, SD standard deviation