Table 1:
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics from the recruitment questionnaire
| Characteristic† | No. (%) of participants* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLSC n = 246 (26.0%) |
FMG n = 171 (18.1%) |
Obstetrics n = 241 (25.5%) |
OGCT n = 288 (30.4%) |
Total n = 946 |
|
| Median maternal age, yr (IQR) | 30 (28–34) | 30 (28–34) | 30 (26–33) | 32 (30–37) | 31 (28–35) |
| Born in Canada | |||||
| Yes | 191 (77.6) | 129 (75.4) | 211 (87.5) | 143 (49.6) | 674 (71.2) |
| No | 47 (19.1) | 34 (19.9) | 19 (7.9) | 141 (49.0) | 241 (25.5) |
| No response | 8 (3.3) | 8 (4.7) | 11 (4.6) | 4 (1.4) | 31 (3.3) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 221 (89.8) | 158 (92.4) | 197 (81.7) | 266 (92.4) | 842 (89.0) |
| Other | 23 (9.4) | 11 (6.4) | 38 (15.8) | 20 (6.9) | 92 (9.7) |
| Prefer not to answer and no response | 2 (0.8) | 2 (1.2) | 6 (2.5) | 2 (0.7) | 12 (1.3) |
| Level of education | |||||
| University | 126 (51.2) | 88 (51.5) | 93 (38.6) | 198 (68.7) | 505 (53.4) |
| Other (college or less) | 119 (48.4) | 82 (47.9) | 148 (61.4) | 88 (30.6) | 437 (46.2) |
| Prefer not to answer and no response | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (0.4) |
| Language | |||||
| French | 190 (77.2) | 150 (87.7) | 226 (93.8) | 189 (65.6) | 755 (79.8) |
| Other | 56 (22.8) | 21 (12.3) | 15 (6.2) | 99 (34.4) | 191 (20.2) |
| Number of previous children | |||||
| First pregnancy | 133 (54.1) | 66 (38.6) | 93 (38.6) | 119 (41.3) | 411 (43.5) |
| 1 child or more before this pregnancy | 113 (45.9) | 105 (61.4) | 147 (61.0) | 168 (58.3) | 533 (56.3) |
| No response | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Yes | 9 (3.7) | 7 (4.1) | 6 (2.5) | 21 (7.3) | 43 (4.5) |
| No | 234 (95.1) | 162 (94.7) | 232 (96.3) | 264 (91.7) | 892 (94.3) |
| Do not know and no response | 3 (1.2) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (1.0) | 11 (1.2) |
| Type of health professional following the pregnancy | |||||
| Family physician | 136 (55.3) | 114 (66.7) | 3 (1.2) | 7 (2.4) | 260 (27.5) |
| Obstetrician | 95 (38.6) | 25 (14.6) | 232 (96.3) | 267 (92.7) | 619 (65.4) |
| Other (including multiple health professionals) | 11 (4.5) | 26 (15.2) | 5 (2.1) | 14 (4.9) | 56 (5.9) |
| No response | 4 (1.6) | 6 (3.5) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 11 (1.2) |
Note: CLSC = local community service centre, FMG = family medicine group, IQR = interquartile range, OGCT = oral glucose challenge test.
*
Unless indicated otherwise.
†
Differences in participant characteristics across the models were statistically significant at p < 0.001 for all characteristics except for marital status, number of previous children and diabetes status (using Kruskal–Wallis test, Pearson χ2 test or by Monte Carlo simulation for cells with expected count < 5).