Table 4 Correlations between resistin plasma levels, gene expression, DNA methylation, and offspring clinical variables in the cohort as a whole (O-GDM, O-T1DM, and O-BP combined)

Resistin plasma levels

0.070 (0.380)

−0.162 (0.061)

RETN gene expression

0.070 (0.380)

0.109 (0.270)

Average RETN DNA methylation

−0.162 (0.061)

0.109 (0.270)

BMI (kg/m²)

0.177 (0.011)

−0.110 (0.165)

−0.270 (0.002) ^a

Fasting insulin (pmol/l)

0.198 (0.007)

0.003 (0.970)

−0.327 (<0.001) ^a

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)

0.154 (0.027)

−0.051 (0.523)

−0.183 (0.033) ^a

120-min plasma glucose (mmol/l)

0.022 (0.762)

0.002 (0.977)

−0.089 (0.318)^a

Total body fat (%)

0.230 (0.001)

−0.044 (0.577)

−0.320 (<0.001) ^a

HOMA-IR

0.224 (0.002)

−0.012 (0.883)

−0.344 (<0.001) ^a

Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

0.079 (0.262)

−0.116 (0.144)

−0.051 (0.555)^a

Mean diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

0.212 (0.002)

−0.183 (0.021)

−0.233 (0.007) ^a

Waist circumference (cm)

0.058 (0.409)

−0.131 (0.099)

−0.260 (0.002) ^a

HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

−0.017 (0.813)

0.016 (0.844)

0.096 (0.268)^a