hsCRP CV risk categories  
  Low Intermediate High p Value
Weight (kg) 53.6(10) 65.8 (13) 68.5(16) <0.001
BMI 21.6(4.6) 26.3(4.7) 28.2(6.3) <0.001
WC cm 77 ± 6.7 82.5 ± 6.9 86.6 ± 5.3 <0.001
Body Fat % 33 ± 5.1 37.7 ± 6.2 41.7 ± 3.8 <0.001
Trunk fat % 30.1 ± 6.5 36.5 ± 4.4 40.8 ± 3.4 <0.001
TC 5.3 ± 0.9 4.9 ± 0.8 5.0 ± 0.87 0.04
HDL 1.5(0.32) 1.37(0.27) 1.38(0.38) 0.035
No. of  MetS Components 0(1.5) 1(2) 2(1.5) 0.002
Abbreviations: GDM: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; BMI: Body mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference: TC: Total cholesterol, P1: comparing values across the hsCRP risk categories,values are presented as mean ± SD, &dager - if not normally distributed, data presented as median (interquartile range (IQR))
Table 5: HighsensitivityC-reactive protein (hsCRP) based risk and metabolic outcomes of interest.