TABLE 1.

General characteristics of study population

Characteristic	GDM (n = 24)	HC (n = 28)	p‐Value
Baseline characteristics of the subjects
Age (years)	30.54 ± 4.67	28.61 ± 2.81	0.096 b
Gestational weeks (weeks)	39.27 ± 0.75	39.22 ± 0.79	0.265 b
Height (cm)	161.17 ± 6.54	163.25 ± 5.14	0.204 a
Weight (kg)	57.79 ± 9.44	59.17 ± 8.64	0.762 b
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	22.23 ± 3.38	22.16 ± 2.62	0.985 b
Maternal weight gain (kg)	13.67 ± 4.26	14.20 ± 5.01	0.682 a
Gravidity	1.92 ± 1.25	1.96 ± 1.17	0.715 b
Parity, n (%)
Primiparous (1 birth)	16 (0.67)	15 (0.54)	0.403 c
Multiparous (≥2 births)	8 (0.33)	13 (0.46)
Pregnancy outcomes
Delivery week (weeks)	39.42 ± 0.80	39.36 ± 0.86	0.298 a
Fetal birth weight (kg)	3.43 ± 0.38	3.50 ± 0.44	0.512 a
Mode of delivery, n (%)
Vaginal	17 (0.71)	21 (0.75)	0.764 c
Caesarean section	7 (0.29)	7 (0.25)

^a Derived from the Student's t test.

^b Derived from the Mann–Whitney U test.

^c Derived from the chi‐squared test or Fisher's exact test.