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Percent distribution of women with and without a history of gestational diabetes, by selected variables |
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| Characteristic |
Gestational diabetes |
p-Value |
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| - |
+ |
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| Number of women |
37516 |
410 |
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| Percent |
100 |
100 |
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| Age at first observed birth |
< 25 |
47.2 |
32.4 |
< 0.0001 |
| 25–29 |
28.0 |
29.3 |
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| 30–34 |
14.5 |
23.4 |
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| 35+ |
10.3 |
14.9 |
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| Birth place of woman |
Born in Israel |
46.8 |
47.8 |
0.7 |
| Born abroad |
53.2 |
52.2 |
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| Birth place of woman's father |
Israel |
14.6 |
11.5 |
0.05 |
| Other West Asia |
28.3 |
27.6 |
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| North Africa |
21.5 |
19.5 |
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| Europe etc. |
35.5 |
41.5 |
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| Social class at last observed birth |
Low |
30.8 |
25.6 |
0.03 |
| Middle |
37.2 |
42.7 |
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| High |
32.0 |
31.7 |
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| Heart disease at any observed birth |
No |
99.3 |
96.8 |
< 0.0001 |
| Yes |
0.7 |
3.2 |
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| Preeclampsia at any observed birth |
No |
97.2 |
87.8 |
< 0.0001 |
| Yes |
2.8 |
12.2 |
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| Birth order at last observed birth |
1 |
22.1 |
11.7 |
< 0.0001 |
| 2–3 |
44.7 |
48.5 |
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| 4+ |
33.2 |
39.8 |
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| Any offspring with birth weight ≤4000 g |
No |
88.7 |
73.7 |
< 0.0001 |
| Yes |
11.3 |
26.3 |
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| Any offspring with birth weight < 2500 g |
No |
89.0 |
80.0 |
< 0.0001 |
| Yes |
11.0 |
20.0 |
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| Any offspring with congenital malformations |
No |
92.5 |
88.3 |
0.001 |
| Yes |
7.5 |
11.7 |
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Perrin et al. BMC Medicine 2007 5:25 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-25 |
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