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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2022 Apr 5;41(Suppl 1):e14–e21. doi: 10.1055/a-1817-5788

Table 1.

Maternal demographic and clinical characteristics

Pregestational
DM
N=95
P-valuea GDM
N=370
P-valueb No DM
(Referent)
N=4971
Maternal age (years) 30.1 ± 7.1 <0.001 29.9 ± 6.1 <0.001 27.1 ± 5.8
Race/ethnicity 0.003 <0.001
 Black 22 (23) 69 (18.7) 1132 (22.8)
 Hispanic 42 (44) 173 (46.8) 1449 (29.2)
 White/Other 31 (33) 128 (34.6) 2390 (48.1)
Nulliparous 36 (38) 0.32 141 (38.1) 0.06 2139 (43.0)
Public insurance/none 74 (78) <0.001 260 (70.5) <0.001 2939 (59.1)
Education (years) 11.9 ± 2.9 0.001 12.2 ± 3.2 <0.001 12.9 ± 2.6
BMI at admission (kg/m2) 37.7 ± 8.2 <0.001 35.6 ± 7.3 <0.001 32.4 ± 6.9
Tobacco use 12 (13) 0.09 27 (7.3) 0.67 393 (7.9)
Illicit drug use 4 (4) 0.33 4 (1.1) 0.06 133 (2.7)
Chronic hypertension 21 (22) <0.001 33 (8.9) <0.001 154 (3.1)
Gestational hypertensive disorders 27 (28) <0.001 53 (14.3) 0.03 535 (10.8)
Duration of labor
 First stage (hours) 4.7 (2.7-7.5) <0.001 3.4 (1.8-6.1) 0.003 3.0 (1.5-5.2)
 Second stage (minutes) 36 (11-70) 0.98 26 (13-64) 0.74 27 (14-60)

BMI = body mass index; DM = diabetes mellitus; GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus.

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or n (%). Significant associations (P<0.05) are in bold.

a

Pregestational DM versus no DM

b

GDM versus no DM