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Table 1 General characteristics of women with normal glucose tolerance and those who developed GDM

From: Nomogram for prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus in urban, Chinese, pregnant women

 

Retrospective cohort (n = 3956)

Prospective cohort (n = 6572)

GDM (n = 662)

Non-GDM (n = 3294)

P

GDM (n = 739)

Non-GDM (n = 5833)

P

Age, years

31.73 ± 3.74

30.39 ± 3.52

< 0.001

32.24 ± 3.95

30.66 ± 3.69

< 0.001

Pre-BMI, kg/m2

22.63 ± 3.43

21.21 ± 2.71

< 0.001

22.45 ± 3.37

21.04 ± 2.69

< 0.001

Categorized pre-BMI

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Underweight, n (%)

47 (7.10)

365 (11.80)

 

61 (9.06)

812 (14.53)

 

 Normal weight, n (%)

436 (65.86)

2513 (76.29)

 

434 (64.49)

4070 (72.85)

 

 Overweight, n (%)

128 (19.33)

348 (10.56)

 

127 (18.87)

557 (9.97)

 

 Obese, n (%)

51 (7.70)

68 (2.06)

 

51 (7.58)

115 (2.06)

 

FH, n (%)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 No

403 (60.90)

2468 (74.90)

 

530 (71.70)

4960 (85.00)

 

 Yes

259 (39.10)

826 (25.10)

 

209 (28.30)

873 (15.00)

 

FPG, mmol/L

4.61 ± 0.45

4.42 ± 0.38

< 0.001

4.59 ± 0.52

4.38 ± 0.38

< 0.001

Parity, n (%)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Nullipara

498 (75.23)

2697 (81.88)

 

507 (68.61)

4337 (74.35)

 

 Primi or multipara

164 (24.77)

597 (18.12)

 

232 (31.39)

1496 (25.65)

 

Educational levels, n (%)

  

0.314

  

0.074

 Primary education

194 (29.31)

867 (26.32)

 

82 (11.10)

519 (8.89)

 

 Bachelor

362 (54.68)

1825 (55.40)

 

529 (71.58)

4173 (71.54)

 

 Master

99 (14.95)

557 (16.91)

 

111 (15.02)

1011 (17.33)

 

 Doctor

7 (1.06)

45 (1.37)

 

16 (2.30)

130 (2.23)

 

Fetal sex, n (%)

  

0.095

  

0.399

 Male

332 (50.15)

1535 (46.59)

 

345 (46.68)

2815 (48.26)

 

 Female

330 (49.85)

1759 (53.40)

 

394 (53.32)

3018 (51.74)

 
  1. Data are n (%), mean ± SD or median ± SD
  2. p values for differences between two groups were obtained by ANOVA or χ2 test
  3. GDM gestational diabetes mellitus; pre-BMI pre-pregnancy body mass index, FH family history; FPG fasting plasma glucose