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Table 2 Comparison between characteristics and risk factors in GDM and non-GDM patients

From: Risk assessment does not explain high prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large group of Sardinian women

 

GDM

N = 247

Non-GDM

N= 856

P value

High risk [N, (%)]

98 (39.8)

133 (15)

< 0.001

Average risk [N, (%)]

143 (57.8)

658 (76.8)

< 0.001

Low risk [N, (%)]

5 (2.0)

66 (7.7)

< 0.01

Age (mean ± SE)

32.8 ± 0.2

30.5 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Age < 25 [N, (%)]

7 (2.8)

110 (12.8)

< 0.001

Age 25–34 [N, (%)]

145 (58.7)

554 (64.7)

NS

Age ≥ 35 [N, (%)]

95 (38.4)

193 (22.5)

< 0.01

BMI (media ± SE)

23.7 ± 0.2

22.1 ± 0.1

< 0.01

Obesity [N, (%)]

28 (11.3)

26 (3.0)

< 0.001

Overweight [N, (%)]

46 (18.6)

114 (13,3)

< 0.05

Type 2 diabetes in 1st-degree relative(s) [N, (%)]

65 (26.4)

92 (10.7)

< 0.001

Type 2 diabetes in 2nd-degree relative(s) [N, (%)]

46 (18.6)

158 (18.4)

NS

Prior GDM [N, (%)]

27 (10.9)

24 (2.8)

< 0.001

Prior poor obstetrical outcomes [N, (%)]

91 (10.6)

43 (17.5)

< 0.001

  1. P = NS, Not Significant.