A Randomised Controlled Trial to Delay or Prevent Type 2 Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes: Walking for Exercise and Nutrition to Prevent Diabetes for You

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of women in intervention and control groups.

Characteristic	Group	Total
Age at OGTT^* (years)		36.0 (4.5); Range 28–44
Ethnicity	Caucasian	28 (90%)
	Other	3 (10%)
Health insurance status	Public (NHS)	17 (55%)
	Privately funded	14 (45%)
Gravidity	1	6 (19%)
	2+	25 (81%)
Parity	0	6 (19%)
	1+	25 (81%)
Diabetic control with GDM	Insulin	19 (61%)
	Metformin	4 (13%)
	Diet	8 (26%)
Weight^* (kg)		85.7 (17.5)
BMI^∧ (kg/m^2)		30.3 (8.2)
Waist^* (cm)		100.7 (11.8)
Hip^* (cm)		116.6 (14.1)
Body fat %^*		37.4 (7.1)
Lean mass %^*		52.5 (6.2)
Fasting glucose^∧		4.8 (0.8)
Fasting insulin^∧&		8.7 (6.0)
2 hr glucose^∧		5.5 (2.8)

Mean (standard deviation), independent samples -test.
^∧Median (interquartile range), Mann-Whitney test.
^&4 cases missing (1 intervention; 3 control).