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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with no diet restriction and with diet restriction

From: Diet restriction in Ramadan and the effect of fasting on glucose levels in pregnancy

Descriptive statistics

Ramadan

N

Mean

Std. deviation

No diet restriction

Gestational age

74

27.0

3.3

Gravida

74

4.2

3.1

Parity

72

3.0

2.8

Age

72

27.5

6.4

First trimester FBS

55

4.7

.66

First trimester I hour after breakfast

9

5.0

1.01

Fasting g OGTT

61

4.5

1.1

At 1 hr OGTT

51

8.0

2.28

At 2 hr OGTT

58

6.5

1.7

Systolic blood pressure

56

103.8

10.05

Diastolic blood pressure

56

63.3

8.9

BMI

71

28.6

5.6

Patient recorded fasting blood sugar

74

5.1

1.0

Patient recorded post prandial blood sugar

74

6.8

1.5

Diet restriction period

Gestational age

75

27.9

2.9

Gravida

75

3.7

2.3

Parity

64

2.5

2.1

Age

75

28.4

5.4

First trimester FBS

38

4.6

.56

First trimester I hour after breakfast

14

5.3

.93

Fasting g OGTT

52

4.7

.64

At 1 hr OGTT

43

7.6

2.1

At 2 hr OGTT

44

6.2

1.4

Systolic blood pressure

36

105.8

14.0

Diastolic blood pressure

36

62.1

9.8

BMI

75

28.7

5.2

Patient recorded fasting blood sugar

76

4.9

1.0

Patient recorded post prandial blood sugar

76

7.7

1.4

  1. No significant differences were found in any of the characteristics studied between the two groups. BMI body mass index, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test.