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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants according to GDM status

From: Maternal vitamin D status and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in twin pregnancies: a longitudinal twin pregnancies birth cohort study

Variables

No GDM

(n = 218)

GDM

(n = 93)

P-value

Age, years

29.0 ± 3.9

30.0 ± 3.9

0.031

Age ≥ 35 y, n (%)

16 (7.3)

17 (18.3)

0.004

Education > 12 years, n (%)

163 (74.8)

68 (73.1)

0.760

Employed, n (%)

163 (74.8)

70 (75.3)

1.000

Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2

21.3 ± 2.9

22.5 ± 3.2

0.002

Prepregnancy BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2, n (%)

37 (17.0)

25 (26.9)

0.045

Primipara, n (%)

156 (71.6)

71 (76.3)

0.384

Conception with ART, n (%)

79 (36.2)

40 (43.0)

0.261

Monochorionic twins, n (%)

88 (40.4)

40 (43.0)

0.664

Smoking before pregnancy, n (%)

8 (3.7)

6 (6.5)

0.279

Family history of diabetes, n (%)

8 (3.7)

5 (5.4)

0.491

Gestational age of sampling, wk

24.2 ± 1.0

24.3 ± 0.8

0.124

Season of sampling

  

0.338

Summer/autumn, n (%)

90 (41.3)

33 (35.5)

 

Winter/spring, n (%)

128 (58.7)

60 (64.5)

 

25(OH)D concentrations, ng/mL

32.5 ± 11.4

27.8 ± 9.9

< 0.001

Sufficiency (≥ 30 ng/mL), n (%)

139 (63.8)

41 (44.1)

0.002

Insufficiency (20–30 ng/mL), n (%)

40 (18.4)

33 (35.5)

 

Deficiency (< 20 ng/mL), n (%)

39 (17.9)

19 (20.4)

 
  1. ART assistant reproductive technology, BMI body mass index, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus