Association between gestational diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia in the Buea Health District, Cameroon

Table 3 Measured biochemical parameters of normoglycemic vs women with gestational diabetes in the Buea Health District, mean ± SD

Parameter	Gestational diabetes	Normo-glycemic	t value	P value
FPG (mg/dL)	169.42 ± 38.28	89.22 ± 17.92	-7.17	< 0.001
TGs (mg/dL)	129.17 ± 72.54	115.44 ± 52.20	-0.82	0.41
Chol (mg/dL)	228.67 ± 90.73	130.94 ± 45.49	-3.68	0.003
LDL-C (mg/dL)	62.50 ± 40.19	45.51 ± 29.40	-1.82	0.07
HDL-C (mg/dL)	1.17 ± 0.34	63.36 ± 32.51	-0.90	0.386

Chol: Cholesterol; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TGs: Triglycerides.