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Table 2 Distribution of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Cases and Normotensive/Euglycemic Control Subjects According to Selected Characteristics, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, 1998 - 2002.

From: Telomere length, pre-eclampsia, and gestational diabetes

 

GDM Cases

Control Subjects

p

 

(N = 25)

(N = 50)

 
 

n

%

n

%

 

Maternal Age (years)

    

0.29

   20-24

3

12

5

10

 

   25-29

3

12

14

28

 

   30-34

19

76

31

62

 

Maternal Age (years)†

30.9 ± 0.7

29.5 ± 0.5

0.08

Maternal Race/Ethnicity

     

   Non-Hispanic White

25

100

50

100

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Unmarried

3

12

8

16

0.74

≤ 12 years Education

1

4

3

6

0.59

Nulliparous

12

48

50

100

<0.01

Smoked During Pregnancy

2

8

7

14.8

0.54

Pre-pregnancy BMI*†

27.8 ± 1.5

22.4 ± 0.4

<0.01

Pre-pregnancy BMI*

    

<0.01

   < 20

3

12

13

26

 

   20-24.9

7

28

27

54

 

   25-29.9

7

28

8

16

 

   ≥ 30

8

32

2

4

 

Annual Household Income (US$)

     

   <30,000

5

20

9

18

0.93

   30,000-69,999

7

28

17

34

 

   70,000+

12

48

23

46

 

   Unknown

1

4

1

2

 

Physical inactive during pregnancy

10

40

16

32

0.49

Family history of diabetes mellitus

4

16

3

6

0.21

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

39.0 ± 0.2

39.7 ± 0.2

0.05

Time from last meal to blood drawn (hours)

3.25 ± 0.74

1.68 ± 0.19

<0.01

Telomere length†

0.73 ± 0.02

0.77 ± 0.02

0.20

   Median (inter-quartile range)

0.72 (0.69, 0.76)

0.77 (0.70, 0.84)

0.10

  1. *Pre-pregnancy body mass index = BMI = weight (kg)/height (m2).
  2. †Mean ± SEM;