Fig. 2From: Dietary cholesterol and egg intake are associated with the risk of gestational diabetes: a prospective study from Southwest ChinaResults of path analysis with cholesterol intake (mg/d), lipid profiles (mmol/L) and GDM risk adjusting for maternal age and prepregnancy BMI. The solid arrows represent statistically significant direct paths, and the dotted arrows represent nonsignificant direct paths. The numbers beside the arrows show the standardized path coefficients. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass indexBack to article page