Longitudinal change of serum TG level of pregnant women from
gestation to 42 days postpartum
There was a tendency that serum TG level increased with gestational
weeks. Particularly, TG level rise
by 3-fold from the first to third trimester, and decreased until 42 days
postpartum (Fig. 1 A ). The cutoff point of postpartum
hypertriglyceridemia defined by the P75 of non-fasting
TG level at 42 days postpartum was 2.66 mmol/L.
Compared with low weight and normal weight group, TG levels of
overweight and obese group were consistently higher throughout gestation
and postpartum (Fig. 1 B ). Besides, at the
24th gestational week and 42 days postpartum, mean TG
levels of pregnant women with normal pre-BMI were higher than those of
low weight. TG levels of pregnant women with GDM were significantly
higher than normal pregnant women at each gestational week and 42 days
postpartum (Fig. 1 C ).