Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at baseline, N = 23
Socio-demographics | Â |
|---|---|
Age, (yrs.), mean (SD) | 31.5 (4.7) |
Race | |
 White | 16 (70) |
 African American | 3 (13) |
 Asian | 3 (13) |
 Other | 1(4) |
 Hispanic | 4 (17) |
Education | |
 High school or less | 5 (22) |
 Some college/complete college degree | 12 (52) |
 Graduate/post graduate | 6 (2.6) |
Marital status | Â |
 Married | 19 (83) |
 Single | 4 (17) |
Employed | 14 (61) |
 Source of medical payment |  |
 Commercial | 18 (78) |
 Medicaid | 2 (9) |
 Self-pay | 2 (9) |
 Medicare | 1 (4) |
Parity, n, no prior delivery | 11 (48) |
 1 | 5 (22) |
 2 or more | 7 (30) |
First-degree family history of diabetes | 5 (22) |
Smoking before pregnancy | 23 (100) |
Gestational age at baseline, (wks), mean (SD) | 28.9 (3.4) |
Pre-pregnancy BMIa (kg/m2) | 29.4 (11.2) |
 Normal (18.5–24.9) | 9 (39) |
 Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 4 (17) |
 Obese (30–34) | 10 (43) |
Earliest first trimester weight (kg), mean (SD) | 71.7 (18.2) |
Weight at enrollment, (kgs), mean (SD) | 79 (18.8) |
Gestational weight gain at enrollment (kgs), mean (SD) | 7 (5) |
Therapy during pregnancy after GDM diagnosis | |
 Diet | 16 (70) |
 Glyburide or metformin | 6 (26) |
 Insulin | 1 (4) |
Internet access at least 4Â h per week | 23 (100) |
1-h 50-g glucose challenge test (mg/dl), mean (SD) | 155 (10) |
3-h, 100-g OGTT (mg/dl), mean (SD) | |
 Fasting | 100 (5) |
 1-h | 183 (30) |
 2-h | 165 (25) |
 3-h | 145 (15) |
% dietary intake at baseline | |
 Percent fat (%), mean (SD) | 36 (5) |
 Fruit and vegetable (servings/day), mean (SD) | 3.2(1.6) |
Moderate walking in bouts ≥ 10 min (minutes/week) mean (SD) | 159 (185.7) |