TNF and gestational diabetes: Women with GDM had higher values of FBG (100.83±1.54 vs 78.45±1.29 mg/dl, p<0.001), the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio (5.17±0.58 vs 3.23±0.36, p=0.014), the TC/HDL-C ratio (7.88±0.65 vs 5.32±0.54, p<0.001), the TG/TC ratio (1.17±0.10 vs 0.94±0.06, P=0.046), AIP (0.87±0.04 vs 0.63±0.04, p<0.001), insullin (12.56±0.90 vs 9.54±0.55 μIU/ml, P=0.006), the HOMA-IR index (3.11±0.22 vs 1.85±0.11, p<0.001) and TNF-α (225.08±27.35 vs 115.68±12.64 pg/ml, p<0.001) than normal pregnant women.