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Table 1 Characteristics of the study group

From: Precocious markers of cardiovascular risk and vascular damage in apparently healthy women with previous gestational diabetes

Variables

Previous GDM Mean (SD)

Controls Mean (SD)

P value

Mean age (in years)

33.5 (4.9)

33.3 (6.7)

0.93

Ethnicity

  

0.37

Whites

8 (40%)

14 (56%)

 

Non-whites

12 (60%)

11 (44%)

Educational level (years)

9.4 (3.1)

10.5 (4.4)

0.50

Mean number of labors

2.0 (0.99)

2.1 (1.1)

0.96

Mean number of pregnancies

2.3 (1.22)

2.4 (1.4)

0.99

Age at conception (years)

31.3 (4.3)

29.1 (6.4)

0.17

Nursing period (months)

17.7 (15.6)

14.3 (12.1)

0.49

Body mass index

29.7 (5.9) Kg/m2

26.5 (6.19) Kg/m2

0.13

Abdominal circumference (AC)

102.3 (16.3) cm

91.2 (16.2) cm

0.01

Systolic blood pressure

114.5 (17.9) mmHg

110.8 (16.5) mmHg

0.60

Diastolic blood pressure

76.5 (11.8) mmHg

72.8 (12.0) mmHg

0.28

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  1. SD = Standard deviation.