27 September 2020>: Clinical Research
Comparison of Effectiveness of Routine Antenatal Care with a Midwife-Managed Clinic Service in Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Early Pregnancy at a Hospital in China
Jingbo Qiu 1ACE , Ying Liu 1BF , Wei Zhu 1ADEG* , Chen Zhang 2DDOI: 10.12659/MSM.925991
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925991
Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants (N=559).
Variable | Intervention (N=279) | Control (N=280) | P |
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Maternal age, years [mean (SD)] | 31.9 (3.9) | 32.4 (4.2) | 0.18 |
BMI, kg/m [mean (SD)] | 22.6 (3.7) | 23.0 (3.3) | 0.18 |
Weight before pregnancy, kg [mean (SD)] | 59.6 (10.0) | 60.4 (9.7) | 0.33 |
FPG, nmol/L [mean (SD)] | 5.3 (0.3) | 5.3 (0.2) | 0.16 |
BMI categories [n (%)] | 0.24 | ||
Underweight | 31 (11.1) | 19 (6.8) | |
Normal weight | 169 (60.6) | 167 (59.6) | |
Overweight | 60 (21.5) | 71 (25.4) | |
Obese | 19 (6.8) | 23 (8.2) | |
Education [n (%)] | 0.92 | ||
Year 12 or below | 102 (36.7) | 103 (36.8) | |
Bachelor | 130 (46.8) | 134 (47.9) | |
Undergraduate | 46 (16.5) | 43 (15.4) | |
Parity [n (%)] | 0.09 | ||
None | 171 (61.3) | 152 (54.3) | |
≥1 | 108 (38.7) | 128 (45.7) | |
IVF [n (%)] | 0.34 | ||
No | 254 (91.0) | 261 (93.2) | |
Yes | 25 (9.0) | 19 (6.8) |