Quality of Life, Wishes, and Needs in Women with Gestational Diabetes: Italian DAWN Pregnancy Study

Table 1

General characteristics of women with GDM.

	Italians	Immigrants
Cases (𝑛)	198	88
Age (years)	34.2±5	32.5±4^∗
Primiparous (%)	50.5	44*
Married (%)	92	95
Single/Divorced (%)	8	5
School level
University/High School (%)	72	24*
Primary/Middle (%)	28	76*
Occupation
Office workers (%)	34	—
Housewife (%)	20	52
Factory workers (%)	18	10
Shop assistant (%)	14	—
Housemaid (%)	2	16
Caregiver for elderly (%)	—	5
Unemployed (%)	6	12
Other occupations (%)	6	5

^∗𝑃<0.05.