Clinical Study

The Influence of Ethnicity on the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Study and Review of the Literature

Table 2

Anthropometric and other characteristics of study participants.

South Asian ( 𝑛 = 1 6 )South East Asian ( 𝑛 = 2 7 ) Middle-Eastern + South European ( 𝑛 = 3 0 )Australian-born ( 𝑛 = 2 8 )
NGTAGT 𝑃 NGTAGT 𝑃 NGTAGT 𝑃 NGTAGT 𝑃

Age (yrs) 3 2 . 6 ± 3 . 5 3 1 . 4 ± 1 . 6 0.76 3 1 . 2 ± 1 . 0 3 0 . 6 ± 1 . 6 0.54 3 1 . 4 ± 1 . 1 3 0 . 6 ± 1 . 1 0.63 3 1 . 6 ± 1 . 3 3 1 . 9 ± 1 . 4 0.80
Weight (kg) 5 8 . 2 ± 3 . 2 6 2 . 2 ± 4 . 2 0.46 5 2 . 7 ± 3 . 3 6 0 . 0 ± 5 . 5 0.28 7 5 . 8 ± 3 . 4 8 3 . 8 ± 4 . 7 0.18 7 2 . 1 ± 3 . 7 6 8 . 2 ± 4 . 5 0.84
BMI (kg/m2) 2 4 . 4 ± 1 . 2 2 5 . 4 ± 1 . 2 0.59 2 2 . 0 ± 1 . 6 2 4 . 4 ± 1 . 8 0.32 2 9 . 7 ± 1 . 4 3 3 ± 1 . 8 0.15 2 9 . 7 ± 1 . 4 3 3 ± 1 . 8 0.61
GTT 0 hr (mmol/L) 5 . 0 ± 0 . 2 5 . 1 ± 0 . 2 0.55 4 . 5 ± 0 . 1 5 . 5 ± 0 . 7 0.18 5 . 1 ± 0 . 2 6 . 3 ± 0 . 5 0.04 5 . 1 ± 0 . 2 6 . 3 ± 0 . 5 0.96
GTT 2 hr (mmol/L) 8 . 5 ± 1 . 0 1 0 . 1 ± 0 . 5 0.21 8 . 5 ± 0 . 4 1 0 . 2 ± 1 . 3 0.21 7 . 9 ± 0 . 3 1 0 . 5 ± 0 . 9 0.03 7 . 1 ± 0 . 3 1 0 ± 1 . 0 0.99
Parity 1 . 8 ± 1 0 . 6 ± 0 . 2 0.34 1 . 2 ± 0 . 4 0 . 7 ± 0 . 3 0.36 2 . 7 ± 0 . 5 2 . 1 ± 0 . 8 0.81 0 . 8 8 ± 0 . 3 1 . 1 ± 0 . 3 0.22