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Table 2 Lipid distribution in early pregnancy for women with and without the metabolic syndrome six years after pregnancy (n = 3510)

From: Gestational lipid profile as an early marker of metabolic syndrome in later life: a population-based prospective cohort study

 

Without metabolic syndrome

n = 3160

With metabolic syndrome

n = 350

P-value

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.81 (0.87)

5.09 (0.90)

< 0.001

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.22 (0.71 to 2.19)

1.66 (1.00 to 3.09)

< 0.001

LDL-c, mmol/L

2.41 (0.72)

2.68 (0.78)

< 0.001

HDL-c, mmol/L

1.81 (0.34)

1.58 (0.33)

< 0.001

Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L

0.55 (0.32 to 1.00)

0.75 (0.45 to 1.37)

< 0.001

Non-HDL-c, mmol/L

3.00 (0.82)

3.50 (0.88)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) or as median (90% range) depending on normal or skewed distributions. Differences between groups are tested through a Students t test or Mann Whitney U test. Abbreviations: LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol