Research Article

Temporal Trends in Gestational Diabetes Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcomes at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, between 2004 and 2016

Table 3

Maternal characteristics.

VariablePeriod 1:
2004–2008
Period 2:
2009–2012
Period 3:
2013–2016
GDMAllGDMAllGDMAll

Total births = 191049721,51362417,91178918,174
GDM (%)2.3%3.5%4.3%
Maternal age (years)32.330.032.230.231.730.1
Maternal BMI (kg/m2)29.223.828.123.728.023.4
Insulin treated n (%)94 (18.9)127 (20.2)218 (26.8)
Danish born Caucasian (%)86.593.285.693.685.994.0

Characteristics of women included in the cohort. Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%). versus period 1; versus period 1.