| Table 3: Characteristics of the controls and the women with carbohydrate intolerance | |||
| Women with carbohydrate intolerance | |||
| Characteristic | Controls n = 904 |
Treated n = 120 |
Not treated n = 50 | % giving birth in institution |
| Hôpital Sainte-Justine | 84.2 | 11.1 | 4.6 |
| Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont | 85.0 | 10.5 | 4.5 |
| Centre hospitalier de Rouyn-Noranda | 80.4 | 14.1 | 5.4 |
| Mean age, yr (and SD) | 28.7 (5.2) | 30.1 (4.6)* | 28.9 (5.0) |
| % of those < 25 yr | 20.2 | 10.8* | 26.0# |
| % of those >= 35 yr | 12.9 | 20.8* | 18.0 |
| Mean parity (and SD) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.7 (0.8) |
| % of women with parity | |||
| 0 | 50.6 | 38.3 | 56.0 |
| >= 2 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
| Pregravid weight, kg (and SD) | 62.3 (12.3) | 65.5 (15.1)* | 60.8 (12.1) |
| Mean body mass index, kg/m2 (and SD) | 23.7 (4.5) | 25.1 (5.9)* | 23.6 (5.7)# |
| % with BMI > 27 kg/m2 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 16.0 |
| % with ethnic background | |||
| White | 85.5 | 85.8 | 84.0 |
| Other | 14.5 | 14.2 | 16.0 |
| % with family history of diabetes mellitus | 23.0 | 42.5~ | 28.0 |
| % with chronic disease | 11.2 | 16.7 | 12.0 |
| *p < 0.05 compared with controls.
#p < 0.05 compared with women who were treated. ~p < 0.001 compared with controls. | |||