Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of the study population

	Gestational diabetes (n = 33)	Control (n = 30)	p value
Mean age ± SD, years	29.4 ± 5.6	30.3 ± 3.2	0.30
Mean parity ± SD	3.4 ± 2.1	3.3 ± 2.6	0.72
Mean gestational age ± SD,
weeks	28.5 ± 2.1	30.2 ± 2.1	0.56
Mean BMI ± SD	28 ± 4.4	27 ± 3.1	0.32
Participants with an increased Demodex density, n
Skin	8	1	<0.001
Eyelashes	9	1	<0.001