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From: Glucose variability as a key mediator in the relationship between pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and late-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Fig. 3

Characteristics of study participants. (A) Flowchart of study enrolment. Among 30,393 individuals, 802 were eligible after excluding 29,591 individuals. (B) Schematic representation of OGTT results and definition of initial-increase and subsequent-decrease. Initial-increase was defined as the increase in in blood glucose levels from FPG to 1hPG. Subsequent-decrease was defined as the decrease in blood glucose levels from 1 to 2hPG. (C) Three-dimensional bar chart representing the frequency of overweight and non-overweight (n = 802). The frequencies of overweight (red-cuboid) and non-overweight (blue-cuboid) are represented on the Z axis, with the classified initial-increase and subsequent-decrease forming the axes of X and Y, respectively. High-GV was defined as individuals with a significant initial-increase of ≥ 74 mg/dL with a notable subsequent-decrease of ≥ 28 mg/dL. BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, RBG random blood glucose level, wk weeks of gestation, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, FPG fasting plasma glucose, 1hPG 1-h post-load plasma glucose, 2hPG 2-h post-load plasma glucose, High-GV high glycemic variability.

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