Table 5.

Linear regression models for the relationship between maternal race and ethnicity and percent of elevated glucoses when pharmacotherapy was initiated after excluding 44 women diagnosed with GDM in the first trimester

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	18.71 (11.63 – 25.79)	<0.001
Hispanic	11.64 (3.26 – 20.03)	0.007
Other	8.53 (0.92 – 16.14)	0.028
Maternal age	−0.14 (−0.64 – 0.35)	0.568
Body mass index in early pregnancy(kg/m2)	0.47 (0.18 – 0.76)	0.001
Marital Status
Single	Ref
Married	−1.31 (−7.30 – 4.68)	0.667
Divorced	7.27 (−6.97 – 21.51)	0.316
Insurance Status
Private	Ref
Public	7.26 (1.00 – 13.53)	0.023
None	−4.82 (−12.95 – 3.30)	0.244
Preexisting hypertension
No	Ref
Yes	−2.74 (−15.50 – 10.02)	0.673
Gestational age at GDM diagnosis (wks)	0.19 (−0.48 – 0.86)	0.577

Bold indicates significant p-value