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Table 2 General characteristics of the GDM and non GDM diagnosed by IADPSG criteria in urban and rural areas

From: Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in urban and rural Tamil Nadu using IADPSG and WHO 1999 criteria (WINGS 6)

Parameter

URBAN (n = 1301)

RURAL (n = 473)

p value*

OVERALL (N = 1774)

Overall

GDM** (n = 210)

NON GDM (n = 1091)

Overall

GDM** (n = 68)

NON GDM (n = 405)

Overall

GDM (n = 278)

NON GDM (n = 1496)

p value***

Age

26.2 ± 4.1

27.4 ± 4.3

25.9 ± 4.0

24 ± 2.9

23.9 ± 2.5

23.9 ± 3.0

<0.001

25.6 ± 3.9

26.5 ± 4.2

25.4 ± 3.8

0.0238

BMI

24.7 ± 4.9

26.2 ± 4.5

24.6 ± 4.9

22.1 ± 3.7

22.6 ± 3.9

22.1 ± 3.6

<0.001

24.2 ± 4.7

25.4 ± 4.6

24.0 ± 4.7

<0.001

Family history of T2DM

366 (28.1 %)

82 (39 %)

284 (26 %)

51 (10.8 %)

12 (17.6 %)

39 (9.6 %)

<0.001

417 (23.5 %)

94 (33.8 %)

323 (21.6 %)

0.0001

Previous history of GDM

25 (1.9 %)

12 (5.7 %)

13 (1.2 %)

1 (0.2 %)

0

1 (0.2 %)

<0.001

26 (1.5 %)

12 (4.3 %)

14 (0.9 %)

0.0062

Fasting (mg/dl)

80 ± 12.8

93 ± 10.4

77 ± 11.6

81 ± 12.4

96 ± 11.3

78 ± 10.5

0.1355

80.6 ± 12.6

94.1 ± 10.7

78.0 ± 11.3

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

4.9 ± 0.6

5.1 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.6

5.3 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 0.4

<0.001

4.9 ± 0.53

5.1 ± 0.4

4.9 ± 0.5

<0.001

  1. *p value comparing overall urban vs rural
  2. **p value significant (<0.005), comparing GDM urban vs GDM rural
  3. ***p value comparing overall “GDM vs non GDM”