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. 2020 Jan 10;24(4):2416–2422. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.14924

Table 2.

Association between first‐trimester blood urea nitrogen and the development of gestational diabetes mellitus

  N (%) Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CI) P‐value OR (95% CI) P‐value OR (95% CI) P‐value
Quartiles              
Q1 (<2.40) 591 (18.42) 1.00 (Ref.)   1.00 (Ref.)   1.00 (Ref.)  
Q2 (2.40‐2.91) 678 (19.32) 1.06 (0.94‐1.20) .344 1.02 (0.90‐1.15) .807 1.01 (0.89‐1.15) .825
Q3 (2.91‐3.50) 745 (23.10) 1.33 (1.18‐1.50) <.001 1.22 (1.08‐1.38) .002 1.21 (1.07‐1.37) .002
Q4 (≥3.50) 959 (27.36) 1.67 (1.49‐1.87) <.001 1.50 (1.33‐1.69) <.001 1.50 (1.33‐1.69) <.001
P‐value for trend     <.001   <.001   <.001
Cut‐off of ROC curve              
<3.15 1571 (19.30) 1.00 (Ref.)   1.00 (Ref.)   1.00 (Ref.)  
≥3.15 1402 (26.40) 1.50 (1.38‐1.63) <.001 1.39 (1.28‐1.51) <.001 1.39 (1.28‐1.51) <.001
Per log‐SD increment   1.12 (1.08‐1.16) <.001 1.08 (1.04‐1.12) <.001 1.08 (1.04‐1.13) <.001

Model 1 was unadjusted. Model 2 adjusted for maternal age, education, gravidity, parity, baseline BMI, gestational weight gain, systolic BP, FPG, WBC and haemoglobin. Model 3 adjusted the factors in model 2 and eGFR.