A Pilot Study on Dietary Approaches in Multiethnicity: Two Methods Compared

Table 2

Clinical and metabolic characteristics and pregnancy outcome of the subjects under study.

	SMP group	EMP group	𝑃
	𝑛=10	𝑛=10
Age (yrs)	30.2±4.7	28.9±3.3	0,622
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m^2)	24.1±4.7	25.7±3.6	0,784
Time of GDM diagnosis (gw)	27.1±5.9	21.3±6.8	0,316
Weight gain during pregnancy (kg)	14.3±6.9	12.1±4.3	0,869
Insulin therapy (𝑛)	1	2	0,509
Gestational hypertension (𝑛)	1	0	0,330
Delivery (gw)	38.4±1.1	38.0±0.5	0,409
Cesarean section (𝑛.)	5	6	1,000
Birth weight (g)	3434±649	3064±626	0,164
LGA babies (𝑛)	3	0	0,001
SGA babies (𝑛)	1	0	0,330
Macrosomia (𝑛)	2	0	0,186
Fetal composite outcome (𝑛)	0	0	—
Fetal malformations (𝑛)	0	0	—

SMP: standard meal plan, EMP: ethnic meal plan, BMI: body mass index, LGA: large for gestational age, SGA: small for gestational age, gw: weeks of gestation.