From: Role of ultrasonographic measurement of the fetal epicardial fat pad and cardiac interventricular septal thickness in predicting the outcome and prevent various complications of gestational diabetes mellitus
Average epicardial fat pad
Case (n = 35)
Control (n = 35)
Total
P value
Mean ± SD
1.54 ± 0.33
1.15 ± 0.2
1.35 ± 0.33
< .0001
Median (IQR)
1.53 (1.317–1.81)
1.13 (1.023–1.283)
1.3 (1.108–1.533)
Range
0.7–2.1
0.73–1.7