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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJOG. 2016 Aug 11;124(5):804–813. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14236

Table 2.

Gestational diabetes rates (%) by maternal age, period, and maternal birth cohorts in the US, 1979–2010

Period of birth Maternal age (years)
Central maternal birth cohort
15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44
  0.8 1937
  1.0   3.2 1942
0.3   1.2   8.9 1947
0.2 0.8   3.6   8.3 1952
0.1 0.5 2.8   4.4 11.8 1957
0.1 0.4 1.7 3.8   5.8   9.1 1962
1980 0.2 1.2 2.6 5.0   8.0 14.3 1967
1985 0.7 1.6 3.4 5.8 11.3 1972
1990 0.6 2.5 3.8 7.9 1977
1995 0.7 2.0 6.2 1982
2000 1.3 4.4 1987
2005 1.6 1992
2010