Table 3.

Linear regression models for the relationship between maternal race and ethnicity and percent of elevated glucoses when pharmacotherapy was initiated

Percent of abnormal blood glucose values prior to pharmacotherapy initiation	Adjusted linear regression coefficient (95% CI)	p-value
Race
Non-Hispanic White	Ref
Non-Hispanic Black	18.12 (11.26 – 24.98)	<0.001
Hispanic	13.24 (5.05 – 21.43)	0.002
Other	9.76 (2.61 – 16.91)	0.008
Maternal age	−0.01 (−0.48 – 0.48)	0.998
Body mass index in early pregnancy(kg/m2)	0.43 (0.16 – 0.70)	0.002
Marital Status
Single	Ref
Married	−2.83 (−8.64 – 2.97)	0.338
Divorced	5.42 (−7.92 – 18.76)	0.425
Insurance Status
Private	Ref
Public	6.21 (0.18 – 12.24)	0.043
None	−5.22 (−13.16 – 2.72)	0.197
Preexisting hypertension
No	Ref
Yes	−0.65 (−12.13 – 10.83)	0.912
Gestational age at GDM diagnosis (wks)	0.18 (−0.22 – 0.58)	0.380

Bold indicates significant p-value