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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 15;28(4):242–248. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.02.006

Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted risk ratios for foreign-born status and gestational diabetes

Race/ethnicity Percent GDM Risk ratios for GDM Foreign-born vs. US-born Adjusted* RRs for GDM foreign-born vs. US-born
US-born Foreign-born
General racial/ethnic categories
Black 5.7 9.9 1.7 (1.7, 1.8) 1.4 (1.4, 1.5)
All Hispanic 6 8.5 1.4 (1.4, 1.5) 1.2 (1.2, 1.3)
White 4.2 6.1 1.5 (1.4, 1.5) 1.5 (1.4, 1.6)
All Asian 10.2 15.1 1.5 (1.4, 1.5) 1.4 (1.4, 1.5)
Racial/ethnic subgroups
Mexican 4.2 11.9 2.8 (2.5, 3.2) 1.6 (1.4, 1.8)
Indian 12.8 22.9 1.8 (1.7, 1.9) 1.5 (1.4, 1.6)
Chinese 9.2 11.6 1.5 (1.4, 1.6) 1.4 (1.3, 1.6)
*

Adjusted for maternal age, maternal education, BMI, height, parity, and infant sex