Research Article
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Characteristics and Perinatal Outcomes in a Multiethnic Population of North Italy
Table 2
GDM risk factors and differences among groups according to the area of origin.
| | Variables | Total (N = 586) | Area of origin | | Italy (N = 333) | East Europe (N = 52) | Central Asia (N = 86) | Cina and Mongolia (N = 13) | North Africa (N = 61) | Central Africa (N = 18) | South America (N = 19) | Other (N = 4) | value |
| | Age at pregnancy (years) | 34.2 ± 5.0 | 35.2 ± 4.6 | 32.9 ± 6.0 | 31.8 ± 5.0 | 31.9 ± 3.7 | 33.4 ± 4.9 | 34.4 ± 5.3 | 34.9 ± 5.5 | 35.0 ± 5.8 | <0.0001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.1 ± 5.5 | 28.7 ± 5.9 | 29.8 ± 5.2 | 29.3 ± 4.0 | 28.7 ± 4.5 | 29.4 ± 4.4 | 32.0 ± 6.4 | 32.0 ± 6.9 | 25.2 ± 1.0 | 0.03 | | No. of pregnancies | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 1.1 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.3 | 2.7 ± 1.3 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 2.5 ± 1.2 | 2.8 ± 2.1 | <0.0001 | | Previous GDM | 120/386 (31.1%) | 58/195 (29.7%) | 10/35 (28.6%) | 19/62 (30.6%) | 4/10 (40.0%) | 20/52 (38.5%) | 2/14 (14.3%) | 7/16 (43.8%) | 0/2 | 0.54 | | Miscarriage | 85 (14.5%) | 55 (16.5%) | 8 (15.4%) | 8 (9.3%) | 1 (7.7%) | 7 (11.5%) | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (15.8%) | 1 | 0.66 | | Family history for GDM | 354 (60.4%) | 214 (64.3%) | 26 (50.0%) | 48 (55.8%) | 6 (46.2%) | 42 (68.9%) | 5 (27.8%) | 12 (63.2%) | 1 | 0.01 |
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∗p < 0.05, , , and . Significant differences are shown in bold. |
