Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Characteristics and Perinatal Outcomes in a Multiethnic Population of North Italy

Table 3

Gestational metabolic characteristics 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
Week of pregnancy		26.2 ± 5.4	26.3 ± 4.9	27.2 ± 5.5	25.9 ± 6.1	28.2 ± 4.3	25.3 ± 6.1	24.8 ± 6.8	26.1 ± 7.0	27.8 ± 2.2	0.34
2 h OGTT glucose level (mg/dL); Data available for 337 pt	T 0′	94.7 ± 15.3	93.1 ± 18.7	91.8 ± 6.6	97.2 ± 12.1	93.8 ± 9.8	98.8 ± 9.9	99.8 ± 8.6	96.4 ± 11.6	84.0 ± 12.7	0.17
	T 60′	169.5 ± 36.9	170.8 ± 34.9	179.3 ± 41.4	160.1 ± 36.8	151.8 ± 41.4	177.4 ± 35.8	150.5 ± 41.1	183.7 ± 37.6	173.0 ± 38.2	0.02
	T 120′	142.1 ± 32.2	142.7 ± 31.3	137.3 ± 31.2	137.1 ± 33.8	159.2 ± 34.5	146.2 ± 31.7	142.8 ± 42.0	156.7 ± 24.4	129.0 ± 42.4	0.35
2 h OGTT diagnostic time; Data available for 337 pt	T 0′	115 (34.1%)	54 (31.8%)	11 (34.4%)	28 (41.8%)	1 (20.0%)	12 (32.4%)	7 (53.8%)	1 (9.1%)	1	0.31
	T 60′	45 (13.4%)	27 (15.9%)	8 (25.0%)	7 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0, 0%)	1 (9.1%)	0	0.16
	T 120′	35 (10.4%)	25 (14.7%)	1 (3.1%)	5 (7.5%)	2 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)	1 (9.1%)	0	0.03
	More	142 (42.1%)	64 (37.6%)	12 (37.5%)	27 (40.3%)	2 (40.0%)	23 (62.2%)	5 (38.5%)	8 (72.7%)	1	0.09
Treatment	Diet	465 (79.4%)	274 (82.3%)	6 (11.5%)	65 (75.6%)	7 (53.8%)	21 (34.4%)	15 (83.3%)	5 (26.3%)	4	0.007
	Insulin	121 (20.6%)	59 (17.7%)	46 (88.5%)	21 (24.4%)	6 (46.2%)	40 (65.6%)	3 (16.7%)	14 (73.7%)	0

^∗p < 0.05, , , and . Significant differences are shown in bold.