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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2008 Jul 3;13(4):520–530. doi: 10.1007/s10995-008-0381-x

Table 1.

Odds ratios for abnormal glucose tolerance according to participant characteristics

Total population n = 813a
AGT cases n = 90a
Unadjusted odds ratios
Age-adjusted odds ratios
No. % No. % OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age groups (years)
15–19 289 35.6 16 17.8 1.0 Referent n/a n/a
20–24 304 37.4 32 35.6 2.0 1.1–3.7
25–29 144 17.7 24 26.7 3.4 1.8–6.7
30–39 76 9.4 18 20.0 5.3 2.6–11.0
Ptrend <.0001
Education
Less than high school 419 55.9 38 47.5 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
High school, trade/technical school 240 32.0 24 30.0 1.1 0.7–1.9 0.9 0.5–1.6
College graduate 91 12.1 18 22.5 2.5 1.3–4.6 1.5 0.8–2.9
Ptrend <.01 Ptrend 0.2
Birthplace
U.S. born 411 55.0 42 52.5 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
Puerto-Rico or foreign-born 337 45.0 38 47.5 1.1 0.7–1.8 0.9 0.5–1.4
Language preference
English only 540 67.3 55 61.8 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
English and Spanish 113 14.1 17 19.1 1.6 0.9–2.8 1.7 1.0–3.2
Spanish only 149 18.6 17 19.1 1.1 0.6–2.0 0.9 0.5–1.6
Ptrend 0.4 Ptrend 0.9
Parity
0 330 40.6 27 30.0 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
1 249 30.6 25 27.8 1.3 0.7–2.2 0.8 0.4–1.5
>2 234 28.8 38 42.2 2.2 1.3–3.7 0.9 0.5–1.7
Ptrend <.01 Ptrend 0.8
Family history of diabetes
No 261 33.7 19 22.4 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
Yes 513 66.3 66 77.7 1.9 1.1–3.2 2.0 1.2–3.5
History of gestational diabetes
No 781 96.2 82 91.1 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
Yes 31 3.9 8 8.9 3.0 1.3–6.8 2.2 0.9–5.5
Smoked during pregnancy
No 602 79.3 76 91.6 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
Yes 157 20.7 7 8.4 0.3 0.1–0.7 0.4 0.2–0.8
Illicit drug use during pregnancy
No 724 94.5 80 95.2 1.0 Referent 1.0 Referent
Yes 42 5.5 4 4.8 0.8 0.3–2.4 1.1 0.4–3.2
a

Sample size varies due to missing data