Table 3.

Maternal risk factors associated with gestational hyperglycaemia, N = 307.

Factor	Gestational diabetes mellitus		Odds ratio	95% CI	P value
	Normal, n (%)	Abnormal, n (%)
Level of education
None	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	1
Primary	158 (81.9)	35 (18.3)	0.62	0.21-1.88	0.402
Secondary	69 (88.5)	9 (11.5)	1.057	0.30-3.71	0.930
Tertiary	29 (87.9)	4 (1 2.1)	1
Body mass index
30-34.9	202 (83.8)	39 (16.2)	1
35-37.9	53 (88.3)	7 (11.7)	1.461	0.62-3.45	0.387
Above 40	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	0.289	0.047-1.79	0.182
Occupation
Business	106 (96.4)	4 (3.6)	1
Civil servant	14 (87.5)	2 (12.5)	0.264	0.044-1.576	0.144
None	9 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	1
Peasant	129 (76.3)	40 (23.7)	0.121	0.042-0.35	0.001∗
Student	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)	1
Number of live children
0	109 (94.8)	6 (5.2)	1
1-5	147 (79.9)	37 (20.1)	0.218	0.09-0.5365	0.001∗
Above 5	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	0.02	0.004-0.138	0.001∗
Abortion
No	247 (86.4)	39 (13.6)	1
Yes	11 (55.0)	9 (45.0)	0.192	0.075-0.496	0.001∗
Awareness of gestational hyperglycaemia
No	195 (84.1)	37 (15.9)	1
Yes	63 (85.1)	11 (14.9)	1.086	0.52-2.256	0.823
Family history of hyperglycemia
No	231 (85.2)	40 (14.8)	1
Yes	27 (77.1)	8 (22.9)	0.58	0.25-1.38	0.219
Trimester
1st	34 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	1
2nd	36 (70.6)	15 (29.4)	0.42	0.21-0.85	0.017∗
3rd	188(85.1)	33(12.9)	1
Diastolic blood pressure
40-59	108 (85.7)	18 (14.3)	1
60-79	32 (84.2)	6 (15.8)	0.889	0.33-2.43	0.818
80-99	118 (83.1)	24 (16.9)	0.819	0.42-1.59	0.557
Systolic blood pressure
120-139	38 (80.9)	9 (19.2)	1
70-89	17 (89.5)	2 (10.5)	2.01	0.39-10.33	0.402
90-119	203 (84.6)	37 (15.4)	1.299	0.58-2.91	0.524

∗Significant at P < 0.05.