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. 2019 May 16;104(10):4295–4303. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-00109

Table 3.

Association Between 50% Increase in Metal(loid) Concentration and Abnormal GLT and Diagnosed GDM

Abnormal GLTa Diagnosed GDMb
Crude Model Adjusted Modelc Crude Model Adjusted Modelc
Metal(loid) Risk Ratio (95% CI) P Risk Ratio (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Zn 1.10 (0.90, 1.35) 0.34 1.18 (0.98, 1.42) 0.09 0.98 (0.59, 1.51) 0.94 1.02 (0.60, 1.58) 0.94
Se 0.99 (0.70, 1.38) 0.94 1.25 (0.90, 1.74) 0.19 1.93 (0.95, 3.78) 0.06 1.79 (1.33, 5.68) 0.01
Cu 1.35 (1.06, 1.71) 0.01 1.53 (1.19, 1.97) <0.01 1.76 (1.05, 2.97) 0.03 1.67 (0.95, 2.98) 0.08
Mo 0.92 (0.82, 1.02) 0.11 0.86 (0.78, 0.96) 0.01 0.73 (0.58, 0.92) 0.01 0.72 (0.56, 0.92) 0.01

Abbreviations: Cu, copper; Mo, molybdenum; Se, selenium; Zn, zinc.

a

Glucose level from GLT ≥140 mg/dL.

b

Diagnosed using the Carpenter-Coustan criteria.

c

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, educational level, full-time employed/student, marital status, family history of diabetes, parity, prepregnancy BMI, physical activity, and gestational week at blood sampling.