Table 1.
Main characteristics of patients included in the study.
| Gestational diabetes mellitus | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YES | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Ethnicity | Caucasian | 915 (70.3) | 189 (69.5) |
| Hispanic | 386 (29.7) | 83 (30.5) | |
| Total | 1301 (100) | 272 (100) | |
| Intervention nutritional group | Control (CG) | 319 (24.5) | 96 (35.3) |
| Intervention (IG) | 349 (26.8) | 69 (25.4) | |
| Real Word (RW) | 633 (48.7) | 107 (39.3) | |
| Total | 1301 (100) | 272 (100) | |
| Age (years) | 33 ± 5 | 34 ± 5 | |
| Prior body weight (kg) | 59.4 ± 9.72 | 62.82 ± 10.99 | |
| Prior BMI | 22.47± 3.43 | 23.99 ± 4.01 | |
| Parity | 1 | 567 (43.6) | 117 (43.0) |
| 2 | 394 (30.3) | 86 (31.6) | |
| 3 | 203 (15.6) | 41 (15.1) | |
| ≥ 4 | 129 (9.9) | 28 (10.3) | |
| NA | 8 (0.6) | 0 (0) | |
| Total | 1301 (100) | 272 (100) | |
| Obstetric history | None | 804 (61.8) | 162 (59.6) |
| Abortion | 422 (32.4) | 85 (31.2) | |
| GDM | 28 (2.2) | 10 (3.7) | |
| HT | 14 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Other | 33 (2.5) | 14 (5.1) | |
| Total | 1301 (100) | 272 (100) | |
Data are presented as number and percentage for categorical values and mean ± standard deviation for quantitative values