Table 1.
Characteristic | Glucose Challenge Test Categories | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Less than 120 mg/dL (n=436) | 135–139 mg/dL (n=135) | 140–199 mg/dL (n=1,268) | P | |
Age, y | 24 [21–29] | 28 [24–32] | 28 [24–32] | <0.001 |
Primiparous | 162(37.2%) | 39(28.9%) | 425(33.5%) | 0.162 |
Race or ethnic group | <0.001 | |||
Black | 56(12.8%) | 27(20.0%) | 142(11.2%) | |
White | 118(27.1%) | 46(34.1%) | 319(25.2%) | |
Hispanic | 255(58.5%) | 58(43.0%) | 750(59.2%) | |
Other | 7(1.6%) | 4(3.0%) | 57(4.5%) | |
Smoking | 34(7.8%) | 20(14.8%) | 95(7.5%) | 0.012 |
Alcohol use | 13(3.0%) | 6(4.4%) | 43(3.4%) | 0.711 |
Body mass index at entry, kg/m2 | 29.1 [26.1–32.5] | 29.5 [ 26.3–33.3] | 29.7 [26.7–32.8] | 0.215 |
Glucose level after 50-g glucose challenge test, mg/dL | 100 [86–109] | 137 [136–138] | 154 [145–165] | <0.001 |
Duration of gestation at enrollment, wk | 29.6 [28.3–30.4] | 29 [28–29.7] | 28.7 [27.6–30.0] | <0.001 |
Data are n (%) or median [interquartile range] unless otherwise specified.