How Can We Increase Postpartum Glucose Screening in Women at High Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus?

Table 2

Multivariable logistic regression model predicting postpartum glucose screening among women at high risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.

	Odds ratio (95% CI)^1	P
Age (years)
<25	1.00
25–35	0.73 (0.25–2.15)	0.571
>35	0.75 (0.19–2.98)	0.684
Educational status
Other education	1.00
Higher education	0.65 (0.25–1.73)	0.393
Parity
Nulliparous	1.00
Multiparous	0.51 (0.20–1.27)	0.149
Body mass index (kg/m^2)
≤25.0	1.00
25.1–30.0	1.07 (0.18–6.36)	0.941
30.1–35.0	1.79 (0.25–12.86)	0.564
>35.0	1.67 (0.19–14.83)	0.646
Weight gain during pregnancy
≤11.5	1.00
11.6–16.0	0.71 (0.27–1.89)	0.491
>16.1	0.67 (0.23–1.92)	0.454
GDM diagnosed during index pregnancy	2.23 (0.54–9.26)	0.269
Insulin therapy during index pregnancy	1.31 (0.19–9.12)	0.782
Blood sample of newborn for glucose	1.30 (0.57–2.97)	0.536
Risk factors for GDM
BMI >25 (kg/m^2)	0.99 (0.29–3.36)	0.989
Previous birth of child >4.5 kg	0.21 (0.01–3.09)	0.256
Age >40 years	0.95 (0.13–7.06)	0.961
Previous history of GDM	1.63 (0.48–5.52)	0.435
Family history of diabetes	5.09 (2.13–12.12)	<0.001
Special call for OGTT	13.4 (4.64–38.1)	<0.001

¹Adjusted odds ratios (ORs), and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and P values.