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

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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%)
Ethnicity	Other	3 (10%)

Health insurance status	Public (NHS)	17 (55%)
Health insurance status	Privately funded	14 (45%)

Gravidity	1	6 (19%)
Gravidity	2+	25 (81%)

Parity	0	6 (19%)
Parity	1+	25 (81%)

Diabetic control with GDM	Insulin	19 (61%)
	Metformin	4 (13%)
	Diet	8 (26%)

Weight^* (kg)		85.7 (17.5)

BMI^∧ (kg/m²)		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).

International Journal of Endocrinology

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

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