Advances in free fatty acid profiles in gestational diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Studies on population characteristics and blood concentrations of individual FFA species in GDM subjects and controls

References	Number of subjects		Match or not	Population	Period of pregnancy	Sample type	Fasting or not
References	Control	GDM	Match or not	Population	Period of pregnancy	Sample type	Fasting or not
[92]	43	43	Age and pre-pregnancy BMI	Chinese	8–12w	Serum	Yes
[55]	726	127	Unmatched	Iceland	11–14w	Plasma	No
[91]	138	131	Unmatched	Chinese	24–28w	Serum	Yes
[93]	18	18	BMI	German	27 ± 2w	Plasma	ns
[94]	485	195	Unmatched	Chinese	11–14, 22–28, 32–34w	Serum	ns

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