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Table 3 Pre-pregnancy dietary and exercise patterns

From: Development and evaluation of an online questionnaire to identify women at high and low risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus

 

GDM (n = 15) Median (IR)

NGT (n = 36) Median (IR)

p-value

Average daily cholesterol consumption (mg)

162.45 (136.34)

153.40 (136.35)

0.82

Average serving of red meat/ day

0.49 (0.36)

0.38 (0.34)

0.57

Average serving of processed meat/ day

0.13 (0.49)

0.13 (0.26)

0.99

Average Iron intake/ day (mg)

2.78 (2.02)

2.07 (2.21)

0.52

Pre-pregnancy exercise (avg minutes/ week)

166.15 (267.27)

192.89 (219.11)

0.66

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Pre-pregnancy Egg consumption, > 7/ week

2 (13)

4 (11)

0.82

Pre-pregnancy daily avg. step count > 6400

5 (33)

16 (44)

0.46

  1. Avg average