Multivariate analysis can identify women at risk for developing gestational diabetes. This allows for interventions to lessen the risk, such as smoking cessation and weight control.
Parameters:
(1) maternal age
(2) family history of diabetes mellitus
(3) race
(4) pregravid body mass index (BMI)
(5) weight gain in early adulthood
(6) cigarette smoking:
Parameter
Risk Factor
Relative Risk (Multivariate)
maternal age
35-39 years
1.25
>= 40 years
2.24
family history of diabetes mellitus
positive in first degree relative
1.68
race
Hispanic
1.45
Afro-American
1.75
Asian
2.32
pregravid BMI
25-29.9 kg/m^2
2.13
>= 30 kg/m^2
2.90
weight gain in early adulthood
5-10 kilograms
1.66
10-19.9 kilograms
2.54
>= 20 kilograms
3.56
cigarette smoking
current
1.43
The more risk factors that are present increase the relative risk for gestational diabetes.
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