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Table 2 Maternal fasting plasma glucose levels per trimester and pregnancy complication (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1999 and 2008)

From: Association between maternal glucose levels during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus: an analytical cross-sectional study

Complication

Fasting plasma glucose in the first trimester (mg/dL)

Fasting plasma glucose in the second trimester (mg/dL)

Fasting plasma glucose in the third trimester (mg/dL) a

n

Mean

SD

p

n

mean

SD

p

n

mean

SD

p

None

196

79.3

9.3

0.479

270

78.5

9.8

0.000

220

77.8

9.6

0.016

GDM

1

86

-

18

90.5

21.3

4

90

19.4

  1. aFasting plasma glucose in the third trimester.