Skip to main content

Table 4 Habits and care for hyperglycemia in pregnancy according to each indicator of psychosocial vulnerabilities

From: Impact of experiencing multiple vulnerabilities on fetal growth and complications in women with hyperglycemia in pregnancy

 

Psychosocial deprivation

Food insecurity

French language proficiency

 

Total

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

Good

Poor

p

Smoking

52 (4.5)

25 (4.9)

27 (4.1)

0.55

33 (4.5)

8 (5.0)

0.79

43 (5.9)

3 (1.1)

0.00

Unhealthy diet a

224 (19.7)

70 (13.7)

154 (24.5)

0.00

130 (18.1)

44 (28.4)

0.01

156 (21.6)

39 (14.6)

0.01

Weight gain (kg)

9.3 ± 5.5

9.6 ± 5.4

9.2 ± 5.7

0.23

9.4 ± 5.6

8.0 ± 5.3

0.01

9.3 ± 5.6

8.7 ± 5.2

0.14

Insulin therapy

506 (43.3)

211 (41.0)

295 (45.2)

0.15

305 (41.9)

74 (46.5)

0.28

304 (41.4)

132 (47.3)

0.09

Time before insulin initiation (days)

2.5 ± 3.6

2.5 ± 3.7

2.4 ± 3.6

0.72

2.4 ± 3.4

2.8 ± 3.9

0.45

2.6 ± 3.7

2.4 ± 3.7

0.73

Number of consultations

3.5 ± 2.5

3.4 ± 2.4

3.5 ± 2.6

0.23

3.5 ± 2.5

4.0 ± 2.6

0.04

3.4 ± 2.5

3.9 ± 2.7

0.01

Hospitalization after 22 WG b

346 (29.6)

169 (32.8)

177 (27.1)

0.03

229 (31.5)

50 (31.4)

0.99

230 (31.3)

72 (25.8)

0.09

Duration of hospitalization (days)

4.3 ± 4.5

4.0 ± 4.7

4.6 ± 4.2

0.19

4.2 ± 4.6

4.5 ± 3.9

0.71

4.5 ± 4.9

3.8 ± 3.1

0.25

  1. Data are number (percentage) or n ± deviation standard
  2. a Unhealthy diet means “No daily consumption of fruit/vegetables/ wholegrain bread”
  3. b Hospitalizations after 22 WG included hospitalizations for diabetes and other reasons