Research Article

Is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus an Important Contributor to Metabolic Disorders in Trinidad and Tobago?

Table 2

Odds-ratios and Pearson chi-square tests.

95% Confidence interval95% Confidence interval

PearsonOddsLowerUpperPearsonOddsLowerUpper
chi-squareratiochi-squareratio

AgeCaesarian section
30–34/<300.0001 4.07 1.96 8.45 GDM/No GDM 0.0001 3.72 1.77 7.81
35/ 30 0.0001 8 2.17 29.5 APGAR
Ethnicity 7/ (7–10)
South-East Asian/Africans0.0162.73 1.17 6.35 8/ (8–10) 0.023 3.98 1.77 7.81
South-East Asian/Mixed 0.011 5.52 1.27 24.07Hx of GDM 0.000 41.1 10.91 154.87
BMIFamily Hx of GDM 0.001 3.24 1.55 6.8
Obese/Healthy 0.013 8.97 1.14 70.58 Birth weight