Table 1.
Demographic profile of metformin and insulin groups.
| Parameter | Metformin group N: 67 |
Insulin group N: 70 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31 ± 3.42 | 29.8 ± 2.18 | 0.398 |
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| Parity | 3.05 ± 1.61 | 3.24 ± 1.72 | 0.253 |
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| Family history | |||
| (i) Diabetes | 40% | 42% | 0.911 |
| (ii) Hypertension | 31% | 34% | 0.897 |
| (iii) Preeclampsia | 29% | 27% | 0.963 |
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| Mean gestational age of diagnosis of GDM | 27.28 ± 3.458 | 29.31 ± 3.12 | 0.348 |
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| BMI-early pregnancy (kg/m2) | 30.52 ± 3.17 | 31.58 ± 30.12 | 0.614 |
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| BMI-late pregnancy (kg/m2) | 34.28 ± 2.17 | 37.11 ± 3.87 | 0.016 |