Research Article
The Utility of Lower Glycemic Targets for Treating Gestational Diabetes: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics by glycemic target group.
| | Demographic characteristic | High-target group () | Low-target group () | value |
| | Maternal age, years () | | | 0.047 | | Gravida () | | | 0.361 | | Nullipara (, %) | 98 (24.7%) | 62 (29.8%) | 0.189 | | BMI first visit () | | | 0.279 | | BMI at GDM diagnosis () | | | 0.114 | | Race/ethnicity (, %) | | | <0.01 | | Black (, %) | 51 (12.9%) | 22 (10.6%) | | | White (, %) | 78 (19.7%) | 77 (37.0%) | | | Hispanic (, %) | 234 (59.1%) | 70 (33.7%) | | | Asian (, %) | 23 (5.8%) | 21 (10.1%) | | | Other (, 5) | 10 (2.5%) | 18 (8.7%) | | | Chronic hypertension (, %) | 24 (6.1%) | 20 (9.6%) | 0.135 | | Prior GDM diagnosis (, %) | 91 (23.0%) | 30 (14.4%) | <0.01 | | Glucola result () | | | 0.037 | | GTT, fasting () | | | 0.038 | | GTT, 1 hour () | | | 0.25 | | GTT, 2 hours () | | | 0.369 | | GTT, 3 hours () | | | 0.227 |
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