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Table 1 Comparing the demographic and clinical characteristics between two groups

From: Diagnostic accuracy of first and early second trimester multiple biomarkers for prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus: a multivariate longitudinal approach

Characteristic

Category

Non-GDM(n = 551)

GDM(n = 49)

p

Parity

0

1(0.2)a

0(0)

0.689

1

260(47.2)

28(57.1)

 

2

224(40.6)

15(30.7)

 

3

66(12)

6(12.2)

 

Education

Non-Academic

399(72.4)

38(77.6)

0.816

Academic

152(27.6)

11(22.4)

 

Folic Acid use

Yes

530(96.2)

47(95.9)

0.925

No

21(3.8)

2(4.1)

 

Iron use

Yes

539(97.8)

49(100)

0.356

No

12(2.2)

0(0)

 

Calcium use

Yes

366(66.4)

33(67.3)

0.896

No

185(33.6)

16(32.7)

 

Vitamin use

Yes

432(78.4)

42(85.7)

0.229

No

119(21.6)

7(14.3)

 

Age (years)

-

27.19 ± 3.93b

28.35 ± 3.89

0.048

BMI (trimester 1)

-

24.89 ± 4.30

26.09 ± 5.02

0.066

BMI (trimester 2)

-

29.73 ± 4.11

30.90 ± 4.45

0.059

DBP (trimester 1)

-

64.2 ± 7.7

63.47 ± 8.05

0.525

DBP (trimester 2)

-

66.16 ± 9.57

70.01 ± 10.60

0.008

SBP (trimester 1)

-

101.79 ± 12.31

101.73 ± 10.78

0.977

SBP (trimester 2)

-

106.56 ± 14.43

112.55 ± 13.62

0.005

  1. aNo(%)
  2. b\(\overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \mathrm{SD }\)