Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome One Year after Delivery in Finnish Women at Increased Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during Pregnancy

Table 3

Occurrence of metabolic syndrome by its explanatory variables (group, age, and five GDM risk factors). Odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and 𝑃 values, 𝑛=150. Multivariate logistic regression model.

	OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Group (reference = the intensified counselling)
Usual care	1.5 (0.5 to 4.6)	0.48
Early GDM^a	3.36 (1.00 to 11.4)	0.051
Age (continuous)	1.0 (0.9 to 1.2)	0.44
BMI^b ≥ 25 kg/m^2 (prepregnancy)	3.0 (1.0 to 9.2)	0.053
A macrosomic baby (≥4500 g) in any previous pregnancy	0.9 (0.1 to 6.5)	0.91
GDM^a or any sign of glucose intolerance in any previous pregnancy	2.6 (0.9 to 7.6)	0.077
Type 1 or 2 diabetes in first- or second-degree relatives	1.6 (0.6 to 4.00)	0.32
Age ≥ 40 years	0.9 (0.1 to 11.8)	0.92

aGDM: gestational diabetes.
^bBMI: body mass index.