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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2015 Mar 23;29(3):200–210. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12182

Table 2.

Associations of maternal serum total 25[OH]D concentrations (ng/ml) in early pregnancy with risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

GDM
Cases
Non-GDM
Controls
Unadjusted Adjusted+ Adjusted++ Adjusted+++
(N=135) (N=517) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI)
TOTAL 25[OH]D (continuous)
 Per 5 ng/ml increase 0.86 (0.77-0.97) 0.90 (0.80-1.03) 0.95 (0.83-1.08) 0.96 (0.84-1.10)
TOTAL 25[OH]D (categorical)
 Sufficient (≥30 ng/ml) 50 (37.0) 234 (45.3) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Insufficient (20-29 ng/ml) 61 (45.2) 226 (43.7) 1.26 (0.83-1.92) 1.27 (0.82-1.95) 1.12 (0.72-1.74) 1.04 (0.66-1.63)
 Deficient (<20 ng/ml) 24 (17.8) 57 (11.0) 1.97 (1.12-3.47) 1.63 (0.89-2.97) 1.38 (0.74-2.57) 1.30 (0.69-2.44)
 P for trend 0.023 0.099 0.321 0.481
TOTAL 25[OH]D (ng/ml) (quartiles)
 1st Quartile (≥34.9) 22 (16.3) 129 (25.0) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 2nd Quartile (29.1-34.8) 33 (24.4) 129 (25.0) 1.50 (0.83-2.71) 1.32 (0.71-2.43) 1.29 (0.70-2.39) 1.29 (0.69-2.39)
 3rd Quartile (23.5-29.0) 34 (25.2) 130 (25.0) 1.53 (0.85-2.76) 1.39 (0.76-2.56) 1.29 (0.70-2.38) 1.20 (0.64-2.23)
 4th Quartile (<23.5) 46 (34.1) 129 (25.0) 2.09 (1.19-3.67) 1.65 (0.92-2.98) 1.43 (0.78-2.62) 1.37 (0.74-2.52)
 P for trend --- --- 0.013 0.104 0.284 0.388

Vitamin D deficiency was defined according to the cut-points given by Holick, 2007

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Adjusted for season of blood draw, maternal age, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes

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Adjusted for season of blood draw, maternal age, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes, Pre-pregnancy BMI

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Adjusted for season of blood draw, maternal age, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes, BMI at 18-22 weeks pregnancy