Clinical Study
How Can We Increase Postpartum Glucose Screening in Women at High Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus?
Table 1
Characteristics of the women at high risk for gestational diabetes mellitus during the index pregnancy.
| Characteristics | No postpartum glucose screening () | Postpartum glucose screening () | |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | | | 0.968 | <25 (%) | 19.3 (33/171) | 18.9 (18/95) | | 25–35 (%) | 63.2 (108/171) | 61.1 (58/95) | | ≥36 (%) | 17.5 (30/171) | 20.0 (19/95) | | Educational status | | | 0.044 | Higher education (%) | 8.8 (15/171) | 26.3 (25/95) | | Other education (%) | 91.2 (156/171) | 73.7 (70/95) | | Parity | | | 0.001 | Nulliparous (%) | 25.1 (43/171) | 45.3 (44/95) | | Multiparous (%) | 74.9 (128/171) | 53.7 (51/95) | | Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD | | | 0.024 | ≤25.0 (%) | 26.3 (45/171) | 38.9 (37/95) | | 25.1–30.0 (%) | 45.0 (77/171) | 45.3 (43/95) | | 30.1–35.0 (%) | 19.9 (35/171) | 9.5 (9/95) | | >35.0 (%) | 8.2 (14/171) | 6.3 (6/95) | | Weight gain (kg), mean ± SD | | | 0.453 | ≤11.5 (%) | 50.9 (87/171) | 46.3 (44/95) | | 11.6–16.0 (%) | 26.9 (47/171) | 28.4 (27/95) | | >16.0 (%) | 21.1 (37/171) | 24.2 (23/95) | | GDM diagnosed (%) | 19.9 (34/171) | 24.2 (23/95) | 0.385 | Insulin therapy during pregnancy (%) | 6.4 (11/171) | 10.5 (10/95) | 0.235 | Blood sample of newborn for glucose (%) | 36.3 (62/171) | 48.4 (46/95) | 0.049 | Risk factors for GDM | | | | BMI >25 (kg/m2) (%) | 78.9 (135/171) | 67.4 (64/95) | 0.037 | Previous birth of child >4.5 kg (%) | 5.3 (9/171) | 1.1 (1/95) | 0.102 | Age >40 years (%) | 3.5 (6/171) | 3.2 (3/95) | 1.000 | Previous history of GDM (%) | 18.1 (31/171) | 14.7 (14/95) | 0.480 | Family history of diabetes (%) | 18.1 (31/171) | 52.6 (50/95) | <0.001 | Special call for OGTT (%) | 49.1 (84/171) | 83.2 (79/95) | <0.001 |
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1P values (two sided): test or Mann-Whitney U-test.
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