Table
1: Demographic
comparison of women with gestational diabetes mellitus and a group without
gestational diabetes mellitus (n = 1,033).
Maternal
characteristics |
Baseline |
Normal group |
GDM
group |
P
value |
Age (years), mean (SD) |
26.78 (4.4) |
26.8 (4.3) |
26 (4.2) |
NS* |
Educational Level, n (%) ·
>
High school ·
Diploma
·
College
degree |
258 (25) 495 (57.9) 280 (27.10) |
229 (23.8) 464 (48.3) 269 (27.9) |
29 (40.3) 31 (43.1) 12 (16.7) |
0.005 |
Current main activity, n
(%) ·
Employed ·
Non employed |
137 (13.26) 896 (86.73) |
129 (13.4) 832 (86.6) |
8
(11.1) 64
(88.9) |
NS |
Pre pregnancy BMI**
(kg/m2) ·
Underweight ·
Normal
·
Overweight
·
Obese
|
135 (13.1) 566 (54.8) 177 (17.1) 154(14.9) |
130 (13.5) 521 (54.2) 169 (17.6) 140 (14.6) |
5
(6.9) 45
(62.5) 8
(11.1) 14
(19.4) |
NS |
Nulliparity, n (%) |
632 (61.2) |
583 (60.7) |
49 (68.1) |
NS |
Smoker, n (%) |
128 (12.4) |
117
(12.2) |
11
(15.3) |
NS |
History of gestational
diabetes, n (%) |
146 (14.2) |
11 (1.1) |
1 (1.4) |
NS |
Fasting blood
sugar(mg/dl), mean (SD) |
84.6 (9.9) |
83.9 (9.1) |
93.8 (14.8) |
0.001 > |
* NS: Not significant P > 0.05
** Underweight: BMI < 18.5 kg/m2
Normal: 18.5 kg/m2 < BMI
< 24.9 kg/m2
Overweight: 25 kg/m2 < BMI
< 29.9 kg/m2
Obese: BMI > 30 kg/m2