Fig. 3: Mean plasma alanine level and SEM (upper panel), mean plasma lactate level and SEM (middle panel) and mean rate of alanine conversion to glucose and SEM (lower panel) at 16 and 32 weeks of pregnancy and at 24 weeks postpartum in the women without IDDM (white bars) and those with IDDM (hatched bars). a = p < 0.01 compared with the women without IDDM at 16 weeks' gestation;
b = p < 0.01 compared with the women without IDDM at 32 weeks' gestation; c = p < 0.03 compared with pregnant women without IDDM.
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