Table 1.
The demographic, and baseline characteristics of healthy pregnant mothers and mothers with gestational diabetes at 24-28 weeks
Parameter | Classification | Healthy group | GDM group | P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean±SD | Frequency (%) | Mean±SD | Frequency (%) | ||||
Age (year) | 28.79±5.99 | 30.77±6.09 | < 0.001 | ||||
BMI | 23.95±4.63 | 25.83±4.91 | < 0.001 | ||||
Education |
Illiterate
Non-academic Academic Not specified |
165 (2.1) 6608 (86.0) 640 (8.3) 274 (3.6) |
53 (2.1) 2055 (82.2) 286 (11.4) 107 (4.3) |
<0.001 | |||
FBG (mg/dL) | 80.89±6.62 | 94.75±9.54 | <0.001 | ||||
GTT, 1 h (mg/dL) | 120.67±24.54 | 151.68±40.09 | <0.001 | ||||
GTT, 2 h (mg/dL) | 99.78±19.95 | 122.75±34.25 | <0.001 |
BMI: Body mass index, FBG: Fasting blood glucose, GTT: Glucose tolerance test with 75 gr glucose.