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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population(N = 241)

From: Predictive value of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 axis for gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

GDM(n = 113)

Non-GDM(n = 128)

t /χ2

P value

Age

31(29, 34)

29(27,31)

-5.215

<0.001

BMI

22.03(20.14,22.03)

21.23(20.09,23.50)

-1.391

0.164

Education level, n%

Ā Ā 

5.181

0.070

ā€ƒ1

3(2.7%)

6(4.7%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ2

38(33.6%)

59(46.1%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ3

72(63.7%)

63(49.2%)

Ā Ā 

Residential, n%

Ā Ā 

3.518

0.061

ā€ƒ1

49(47.1%)

71(59.2%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ2

64(52.9%)

57(40.8%)

Ā Ā 

Pregnancy times, n%

Ā Ā 

5.516

0.190

ā€ƒ1

62(54.9%)

89(69.5%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā‰„ā€‰2

51(45.1%)

39(30.5%)

Ā Ā 

parity, n%

Ā Ā 

6.574

0.010

ā€ƒ0

44(44.5)

71(55.5)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ1

69(61.1)

57(38.9)

Ā Ā 

History of poor pregnancy outcome, n%

Ā Ā 

8.997

0.003

ā€ƒ0

101(89.4%)

126(98.4%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ1

12(10.6%)

2(1.6%)

Ā Ā 

Family history of chronic diseases, n%

Ā Ā 

1.785

0.182

ā€ƒ0

95(84.1%)

115(89.8%)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ1

18(15.9%)

13(10.2%)

Ā Ā 

History of chronic disease, n%

Ā Ā 

4.008

0.045

ā€ƒ0

3

125

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ1

9

104

Ā Ā 

Waist–hip ratio

0.89 ± 0.05

0.88 ± 0.05

1.359

0.175

SBP (mmHg)

110.95 ± 10.6

111.54 ± 10.12

0.440

0.660

DBP (mmHg)

65.43 ± 7.57

66.02 ± 8.61

0.561

0.575

  1. Continuous data are expressed as median (P25, P75) or mean ± SD and categorical variables as number (%)
  2. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure