Research Article
Is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus an Important Contributor to Metabolic Disorders in Trinidad and Tobago?
Table 1
Demographics of study sample.
| | Number of cases (number with gestational diabetes) | Total |
| | Age ranges | | 14 | 15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40+ | | Total |
| | No. of patients | 1 | 115 (3) | 224 (6) | 173 (5) | 139 (5) | 62 (9) | 6 (3) | | 720 (31)
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| | Gravidity ranges
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| | Primigravida | Secundigravida | Multigravida | Grand multigravida | | | (0 previous | (1 previous | (2–4 previous | (5 or more previous | Total | | pregnancies) | pregnancy) | pregnancies) | pregnancies) | |
| | No. of patients | 210 (11) | 186 (5) | 209 (10) | 115 (5) | 720 (31)
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| | Ethnicity
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| | Indo-trinidadian | Afro-trinidadian | Caucasian | Chinese | Mixed | Unknown | | | Total
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| | No. of patients | 253 (19) | 277 (8) | 0 | 1 | 138 (2) | 51 (2) | | | 720 (31)
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| | Weight of mother at booking
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| | 40–50 Kg | 51–60 Kg | 61–70 Kg | 71–80 Kg | 81–100 Kg | 101–120 Kg | >121 Kg | Unknown | Total
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| | No. of patients | 17 | 71 | 111 (1) | 109 (10) | 132 (13) | 35 (3) | 9 | 236 (4) | 720 (31)
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| | Body mass index of mother at booking
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| | 18.5 | 18.5–24.9 | 25–29.9 | 30 | Unknown | | | | Total
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| | No. of patients | 9 | 72 (1) | 72 (10) | 107 (12) | 460 (8) | | | | 720 (31)
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| | Mode of delivery
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| | Spontaneous | | Caesarian | | | | | | Total | | vaginal | | section | | | | | |
| | No. of patients | 595 (18) | | 125 (13) | | | | | | 720 (31)
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| | Weight of baby at delivery
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| | 2.5 | 2.5 – 4.0 | 4.0 | | | | | | Total
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| | No. of patients | 98 (7) | 595 (21) | 27 (3) | | | | | | 720 (31) |
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