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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with the neonatal gut microbiota and metabolome

Variables

GDM group (n=147)

Control group (n=271)

P

Maternal

 Age, years (mean ± SD)

29.51±3.79

29.04±4.00

0.244

 Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

21.55±2.99

21.20±3.75

0.327

 Smoking status [n (%)]

  Ever

0 (0.00)

2 (0.74)

0.763

  Never

147 (100.00)

269 (99.26)

 Second-hand smoking [n (%)]

  Yes

31 (21.09)

75 (27.68)

0.174

  No

116 (78.91)

196 (72.32)

 Drinking status [n (%)]

  Ever

1 (0.68)

6 (2.21)

0.443

  Never

146 (99.32)

265 (97.79)

 Parity [n (%)]

  Nulliparae

127 (86.39)

219 (80.81)

0.191

  Multiparae

20 (13.61)

52 (19.19)

 Family history of diabetes [n (%)]

  Yes

24 (16.33)

35 (12.92)

0.418

  No

123 (83.67)

236 (87.08)

 Gestational age, days (mean ± SD)

277.75±7.47

276.37±7.96

0.085

 Peripartum antibiotics [n (%)]

  Yes

24 (16.33)

27 (9.96)

0.082

  No

123 (3.67)

244 (90.04)

Neonatal

 Sex [n (%)]

  Boy

74 (50.34)

140 (51.66)

0.876

  Girl

73 (49.66)

131 (48.34)

 Delivery status [n (%)]

  Vaginal

87 (59.18)

201 (74.17)

0.002

  Cesarean

60 (40.82)

70 (25.83)

 BW, g (mean ± SD)

3511.63±425.40

3329.22±347.42

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, BW birth weight