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Table 1 Percent distribution of women with and without a history of gestational diabetes, by selected variables

From: Gestational diabetes as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

 

Gestational diabetes

p-Value

  

-

+

 

Number of women

 

37516

410

 

Percent

 

100

100

 

Age at first observed birth

< 25

47.2

32.4

< 0.0001

 

25–29

28.0

29.3

 
 

30–34

14.5

23.4

 
 

35+

10.3

14.9

 

Birth place of woman

Born in Israel

46.8

47.8

0.7

 

Born abroad

53.2

52.2

 

Birth place of woman's father

Israel

14.6

11.5

0.05

 

Other West Asia

28.3

27.6

 
 

North Africa

21.5

19.5

 
 

Europe etc.

35.5

41.5

 

Social class at last observed birth

Low

30.8

25.6

0.03

 

Middle

37.2

42.7

 
 

High

32.0

31.7

 

Heart disease at any observed birth

No

99.3

96.8

< 0.0001

 

Yes

0.7

3.2

 

Preeclampsia at any observed birth

No

97.2

87.8

< 0.0001

 

Yes

2.8

12.2

 

Birth order at last observed birth

1

22.1

11.7

< 0.0001

 

2–3

44.7

48.5

 
 

4+

33.2

39.8

 

Any offspring with birth weight ≤4000 g

No

88.7

73.7

< 0.0001

 

Yes

11.3

26.3

 

Any offspring with birth weight < 2500 g

No

89.0

80.0

< 0.0001

 

Yes

11.0

20.0

 

Any offspring with congenital malformations

No

92.5

88.3

0.001

 

Yes

7.5

11.7