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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Universal versus selective screening for gestational diabetes mellitus among antenatal clinic attendees in Abakaliki: using the one-step 75 gram oral glucose tolerance test

Sociodemographic Parameter

Universal n = 391 (100%)

Selective n = 204 (100%)

Age (Years);

  < 25

44 (11.25)

9 (4.41)

 25–34

281 (71.87)

128 (62.75)

 35–44

61 (15.60)

62 (30.39)

  ≥ 45

5 (1.28)

5 (2.45)

Occupation;

 Civil Servant

169 (43.22)

98 (48.04)

 Self Employed

62 (15.86)

32 (15.69)

 Trader

95 (24.30)

52 (25.49)

 Student

35 (8.95)

9 (4.41)

 House Wife

30 (7.67)

13 (6.37)

Tribe;

 Igbo

364 (93.09)

181 (88.73)

 Hausa

5 (1.28)

5 (2.45)

 Others

22 (5.43)

18 (8.82)

Marital Status;

 Single

13 (3.32)

0 (0)

 Married

378 (96.68)

204 (100)

Educational Status;

 Primary School

5 (1.28)

0 (0)

 Secondary School

105 (26.85)

60 (29.41)

 Tertiary

281 (71.87)

144 (70.59)

Parity;

 0

119 (30.43)

50 (24.51)

 1–4

267 (68.29)

149 (73.04)

  ≥ 5

5 (1.28)

5 (2.45)