Table 1 Characteristics of study populations.

From: Environmental exposures to organophosphorus flame retardants in early pregnancy and risks of gestational diabetes mellitus: a nested case–control study

Characteristics

Total population (n = 150)

Mean ± SD or No (%)

Control (n = 90)

Mean ± SD or No (%)

GDM (n = 60)

Mean ± SD or No (%)

P-value

Maternal age (year)

32.234 ± 4.902

31.361 ± 4.836

33.543 ± 4.745

0.007

BMI (kg/m2)

21.624 ± 2.954

21.353 ± 2.601

22.031 ± 3.399

0.169

SBP (mmHg)

107.116 ± 9.730

105.995 ± 9.341

108.798 ± 10.134

0.084

DBP (mmHg)

69.829 ± 8.212

69.444 ± 7.734

70.405 ± 8.917

0.484

Nationality

   

0.227

 Han

91 (60.667)

52 (57.778)

39 (65)

 

 Zhuang

46 (30.667)

27 (30)

19 (31.667)

 

 Others

13 (8.667)

11 (12.222)

2 (3.333)

 

Education level

   

0.501

 High school and below

53 (35.333)

32 (35.556)

21 (35)

 

 University and below

77 (51.333)

49 (54.444)

28 (46.667)

 

 Above university

20 (13.333)

9 (10)

11 (18.333)

 

Household income (yuan)

   

0.432

 0-

70 (46.667)

44 (48.889)

26 (43.333)

 

 50,000-

40 (26.667)

22 (24.444)

18 (30)

 

 100,000-

40 (26.667)

24 (26.667)

16 (26.667)

 

Occupation

   

0.485

 Office clerk

116 (77.333)

68 (75.556)

48 (80)

 

 Industrial worker

5 (3.333)

3 (3.333)

2 (3.333)

 

 Agricultural worker

4 (2.667)

2 (2.222)

2 (3.333)

 

 Others

25 (16.667)

17 (18.889)

8 (13.333)

 

Smoking history

   

0.812

 No

147 (98)

88 (97.778)

59 (98.333)

 

 Yes

3 (2)

2 (2.222)

1 (1.667)

 

Number of pregnancies

   

0.186

 Primipara

138 (96.667)

85 (94.444)

53 (88.333)

 

 Multipara

12 (3.333)

5 (5.556)

7 (11.667)

 

History of diabetes

   

0.082

 No

148 (98.667)

90 (100)

58 (96.667)

 

 Yes

2 (1.333)

0 (0)

2 (3.333)

 

History of gestational diabetes

   

0.028

 No

144 (96)

89 (98.889)

55 (91.667)

 

 Yes

6 (4)

1 (1.111)

5 (8.333)

 

Family history of diabetes

   

0.529

 No

143 (95.333)

85 (94.444)

58 (96.667)

 

 Yes

7 (4.667)

5 (5.556)

2 (3.333)

 
  1. P-values were estimated using Student’s t-test (log10-transformed data) or the chi-square test (frequencies). Bold numbers represent statistical significance (P < 0.05). BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure.