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Table 3 Crude and age-adjusted prevalence of GDM and pre-existing diabetes for all years (n = 427,058) and for the most recent year of data (2009; n = 51,231), by ethnicity, Alberta, Canada

From: Diabetes in pregnancy among First Nations women in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective analysis

 

First Nations

Non-First Nations

Rate ratio*

P-value

Crude

    

GDM (all years)

4.3 (4.3-4.4)

3.8 (3.8-3.9)

1.1

<0.001

GDM (2009)

4.9 (4.2-4.6)

4.8 (4.6-5.0)

1.0

0.861

Pre-existing diabetes (all years)

1.0 (1.0-1.1)

0.6 (0.6-0.7)

1.7

<0.001

Pre-existing diabetes (2009)

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

1.6

0.006

Age-adjusted

    

GDM (all years)

6.1 (6.0-6.1)

3.8 (3.7-3.9)

1.6

<0.001

GDM (2009)

6.9 (6.8-6.9)

4.6 (4.6-4.7)

1.5

<0.001

Pre-existing diabetes (all years)

1.5 (1.4-1.5)

0.6 (0.6-0.6)

2.5

<0.001

Pre-existing diabetes (2009)

1.4 (1.3-1.4)

0.7 (0.6-0.7)

2.0

<0.001

  1. Data presented are percentage (95% confidence interval).
  2. GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.
  3. *First Nations-to-non-First Nations.