Table 3.

Obstetric history of study participants attending ANC follow-up at health centres of Goba town, Southeast Ethiopia, April–September 2021 (n=432)

Variables	Non-GDM (n=364)	GDM (n=68)	P value
Gravidity
One	143 (39.3)	23 (33.9)	0.515
Two	99 (27.2)	22 (32.4)
Three	68 (18.6)	11 (16.2)
Four and above	54 (14.3)	12 (17.6)
History of abortion/intrauterine fetal death
Yes	5 (2.3)	3 (6.7)	0.115
No	216 (97.7)	42 (93.3)
History of stillbirth
Yes	8 (3.6)	2 (4.4)	0.791
No	213 (96.4)	43 (95.6)
Confirmed pregnancy-induced hypertension in a previous pregnancy
Yes	12 (5.4)	2 (4.4)	0.787
No	209 (94.6)	43 (95.6)
Confirmed GDM in a previous pregnancy
Yes	2 (0.9)	1 (2.2)	0.446
No	119 (91.1)	44 (97.8)
Family history of diabetes
Yes	17 (4.7)	10 (14.7)	0.002
No	347 (95.3)	58 (85.3)
Haemoglobin status
<0.11 g/L	35 (9.6)	15 (22.1)	0.003
≥0.11 g/L	329 (90.4)	53 (77.9)

ANC, antenatal care; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.