Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening and Outcomes in Southern Italian Pregnant Women
Table 1
(a) Demographic, anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical features of all pregnant women <35 years old without risk factors for GDM. (b) HbA1c and increase of weight in GDM women <35 years old, without risk factors for GDM.
(a)
Women
GDM ()
No GDM ()
value
Race
Caucasian
Caucasian
—
Age (yr), median
32
30
<0.001
Mean ± SD
BMI (Kg/m2), median
23.4
21.4
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Gravidity (), median
1
1
0.934
Mean ± SD
Week of OGTT, median
27
27
0.230
Mean ± SD
Glycaemia at 0’ (mg/dL), median
92.0
80.0
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Glycaemia at 60’ (mg/dL), median
181.0
125.0
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Glycaemia at 120’ (mg/dL), median
130.0
100.0
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Increasing weight at OGTT (Kg), median
10.0
7.0
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Increasing weight at delivery (Kg), median
10.0
8.0
<0.001
Mean ± SD
Comparisons among groups were performed by Mann-Whitney test. SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index.
(b)
Trait
At OGTT time
At delivery
value
HbA1c (%), median
5.2
5.1
0.001
Mean ± SD
Range
4.2–6.1
4.0–5.9
Increasing weight (Kg) median
10.0
10.0
0.131
Mean ± SD
Comparison was performed by Mann-Whitney test. SD: standard deviation.
