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Table 2 Maternal factors

From: Breastfeeding, nutrition and type 1 diabetes: a case-control study in Izmir, Turkey

 

Cases

Controls

p

Mean age at birth (years, n = 246)

27.48 ± 5.26

27.89 ± 5.41

0.544

BMI classification before pregnancy (n = 235)

Under weight

6 (5.3%)

8 (6.6%)

0.444

Normal weight

72 (63.7%)

85 (69.7%)

 

Over-weight

26 (23.0%)

18 (14.8%)

Obese

9 (7.9%)

11 (9.0%)

Mean of total weight gained during pregnancy (n = 239)

14.51 ± 12.53

13.06 ± 8.53

0.295

Oral GTT during pregnancy (n = 243)

Yes

83 (70.9%)

96 (76.2%)

0.353

No

34 (29.1%)

30 (23.8%)

 

Gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy* (n = 188)

Yes

17 (19.1%)

13 (13.1%)

0.264

No

72 (81.9%)

86 (86.9%)

 

Form of delivery (n = 244)

Vaginal

40 (33.7%)

43 (34.4%)

0.897

Cesarean section

79 (66.3%)

82 (65.6%)

 

Mean of birth order (n = 246)

1.64 ± 0.74

1.68 ± 0.83

0.666

Birth interval (n = 244)

First child

49 (41.1%)

54 (43.2%)

0.043

<  3 years

20 (16.8%)

24 (19.2%)

 

36 years

26 (21.8%)

37 (29.6%)

>  6 years

24 (20.1%)

10 (8.0%)

Supplemented with iron during pregnancy (n = 246)

Yes

99 (82.5%)

97 (77.0%)

0.283

No

21 (17.5%)

29 (23.0%)

 

Supplemented with Vitamin D during pregnancy (n = 230)

Yes

62 (59.0%)

75 (60.0%)

0.883

No

43 (41.0%)

50 (40.0%)

 

Supplemented with probiotic during pregnancy (n = 246)

Yes

2 (1.6%)

 

No

120 (100.0%)

124 (98.4%)

 
  1. BMI Body mass index, Oral GTT oral glucose tolerance test
  2. *This question was asked only of those who had an oral GTT during pregnancy, and nine mothers who had DM before pregnancy were also considered to have gestational DM