INS and gestational diabetes: Several previous analyses have reported raised maternal serum CRP in women with GDM, particularly in the third trimester, compared with women without GDM.5–7 One report showed a significant correlation between CRP concentration and insulin and blood glucose concentrations.7 Women in our study who achieved high compliance to tighter postprandial glycemic targets had an increase in CRP concentrations at 6 months postpartum.