Table 1. Subject Characteristics of Women with and without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
| Characteristics | non-GDM (n = 12) |
GDM (n = 6) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | ± | SD | min | max | mean | ± | SD | min | max | |
| maternal age (y) | 34.7 | ± | 2.1 | 32.0 | 39.0 | 34.5 | ± | 3.4 | 31.0 | 40.0 |
| maternal height (m) | 1.6 | ± | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | ± | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| maternal prepregnancy weight (kg)a | 59.2 | ± | 5.6 | 51.4 | 68.0 | 83.1 | ± | 19.3 | 63.5 | 113.6 |
| maternal prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)a | 22.0 | ± | 1.4 | 20.1 | 25.0 | 31.6 | ± | 7.6 | 22.6 | 43.0 |
| gestational age of infant (wk) | 39.4 | ± | 1.3 | 37.0 | 41.5 | 38.5 | ± | 0.8 | 37.0 | 39.0 |
| infant birth weight (g) | 3.4 | ± | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | ± | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| collection of colostrum postdelivery (h)b | 57.8 | 22.9 | 9.0 | 77.0 | 28.2 | 30.4 | 4.6 | 74.0 | ||
| Frequencies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parity | ||||||||||
| primiparous | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| multiparous | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| Delivery Mode | ||||||||||
| c-section | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| vaginal | 11 | 5 | ||||||||
| Infant Sex | ||||||||||
| female | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| male | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
a
Different between non-GDM and GDM; log-transformed, independent samples t test, P < 0.01.
b
Different between non-GDM and GDM; independent samples t test, P < 0.05.