Research Article

The Predictive Effects of Early Pregnancy Lipid Profiles and Fasting Glucose on the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Stratified by Body Mass Index

Table 1

Maternal baseline characteristics.

HealthyGDM

Age (years)28.29 ± 3.7929.46 ± 3.96<0.001
p-BMI (kg/m2)21.33 ± 3.0322.52 ± 3.36<0.001
18.5 (%)621 (14.90)89 (8.44)<0.001
 18.5–23.9 (%)2896 (69.48)645 (61.14)<0.001
 24–27.9 (%)522 (12.52)245 (23.22)<0.001
28 (%)129 (3.10)76 (7.20)<0.001
Family history of diabetes (%)608 (14.47)253 (23.82)<0.001
Education level
 Graduate and above (%)616 (14.64)143 (13.47)0.343
 College/university (%)2717 (64.64)723 (68.08)0.036
 High school (%)517 (12.30)136 (12.81)0.655
 Junior high school and below (%)308 (7.32)54 (5.09)0.003

GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; p-BMI: prepregnancy body mass index.