Table 1.

Characteristics of women according to screening results following the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test

Risk factor characteristic	Positive*, N=23	Negative, N=205	p
Age, years	29 (6.3) [16–43]	26 (6.5) [15–46]	0.039
Parity (median)	2 [0–5]	1 [0–9]	0.050
BMI at 22 weeks gestation, mg/kg2 (median)	24.2 [20–32.4]	23.2 [16–39.6]	0.454
Proportion overweight (BMI≥27.5 kg/m2)	4/23 (17.4%)	16/205 (7.8%)	0.123
Literacy, n (%)	12/23 (52.2)	151/205 (73.7)	0.030
Previous cesarean section, n (%)	2/23 (8.7)	8/204 (3.9)	0.290

Data are reported as mean (SD) [range] unless otherwise stated.

^*HAPO criteria used.