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Table 2 Last follow-up characteristics of the females and males with no pregnancy loss and with pregnancy loss

From: Pregnancy loss and subsequent risk of prediabetes, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in couples: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Characteristics

Females

Males

Not experienced pregnancy loss N = 1969

Experienced pregnancy loss N = 796

p-valued

Their spouses not experienced pregnancy loss N = 1969

Their spouses experienced pregnancy loss N = 796

p-valued

Age a (years)

50.3 (11.9)

55.0 (12.0)

 < 0.001

55.9 (12.5)

60.6 (12.5)

 < 0.001

Smoking status c(current + past)

77 (3.9)

36 (4.5)

0.4

919 (47.0)

369 (46.5)

0.8

WHtR a

0.61 (0.08)

0.63 (0.08)

 < 0.001

0.56 (0.07)

0.57 (0.06)

0.04

BMI a (kg/m2)

29.8 (5.0)

30.5 (5.2)

0.004

27.1 (4.4)

27.1 (4.1)

0.9

Appropriate physical activity c

576 (29.3)

244 (30.6)

0.5

805 (41.2)

339 (42.7)

0.5

SBP a (mmHg)

116.9 (18.9)

120.0(19.4)

 < 0.001

122.7 (18.6)

125.8 (20.5)

 < 0.001

DBP a (mmHg)

76.6 (10.1)

77.4 (10.4)

0.06

79.1 (10.5)

78.9 (11.7)

0.7

FBS a (mmol/l)

5.6 (1.9)

5.9 (2.1)

0.004

6.0 (2.2)

6.1 (2.2)

0.2

TG b (mmol/l)

1.4 (1.0–2.0)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

0.1

1.6 (1.1–2.2)

1.6 (1.1–2.2)

0.5

TC a (mmol/l)

5.1 (1.1)

5.1 (1.1)

0.9

4.9 (1.0)

4.9 (1.1)

0.7

HDL a (mmol/l)

1.3 (0.3)

1.3 (0.3)

0.6

1.1 (0.2)

1.1 (0.3)

0.5

LDL a (mmol/l)

3.1 (1.0)

3.0 (1.0)

0.5

3.0 (0.9)

3.0 (1.0)

0.4

Gravidity a

3.0 (1.7)

5.2 (2.6)

 < 0.001

3.0 (1.7)

5.2 (2.6)

 < 0.001

Parity a

3.0 (1.7)

3.8 (2.2)

 < 0.001

3.0 (1.7)

3.8 (2.2)

 < 0.001

Incidence pre-DM c

895 (45.5)

398 (50.0)

0.03

1,011 (51.3)

429 (53.9)

0.2

Incidence DM c

419 (21.3)

230 (28.9)

 < 0.001

463 (23.5)

229 (28.8)

0.004

Incidence METs c

1,184 (60.1)

557 (70.0)

 < 0.001

1,434 (72.8)

605 (76.0)

0.09

  1. WHtR Waist-to-Height Ratio, BMI body mass index, FBS fasting blood glucose, pre-DM prediabetes, DM diabetes mellitus, METs metabolic syndrome, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholestero, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholestero, TC total cholesterol
  2. aValues are presented as mean (SD), bvalues are expressed as median (Inter Quartile Range), cdata shown as number (percentage). dSignificant differences (P-value < 0.05), analyzed using independent samples t-test for superscripts a, Mann–Whitney U test for superscripts b and Pearson’s test for superscripts c