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Table 5 Relation between degree of knowledge and history of diabetes

From: Awareness of gestational diabetes problem among Sohag Governorate women

Items

Low knowledge ≤ 8

(no. = 152)

High knowledge (≥ 9)

(no. = 348)

Test value

p-value

No

% (column)

% (row)

No

% (column)

% (row)

Source of knowledge (353)

 Internet (113)

13

8.6%

11.5%

100

28.7%

88.5%

χ2 = 280.0

 < 0.001 (HS)

 Mass media (50)

0

0.0%

0.0%

50

14.4%

100.0%

 Study (47)

0

0.0%

0.0%

47

13.5%

100.0%

 General knowledge as other experiences or advices (143)

17

11.2%

11.9%

126

36.2%

88.1%

Family history of diabetes

 No

90

59.2%

34.5%

171

49.1%

65.5%

χ2 = 4.30

0.038 (S)

 Yes

62

40.8%

25.9%

177

50.9%

74.1%

History of gestational diabetes

 No

146

96.1%

33.0%

297

85.3%

67.0%

χ2 = 12.01

0.001 (HS)

 Yes

6

3.9%

10.5%

51

14.7%

89.5%

Type of hypoglycemic TTT

 Insulin

2

1.3%

18.2%

9

2.6%

81.8%

χ2 = 16.4

 < 0.001 (HS)

 Oral

2

1.3%

4.5%

42

12.1%

95.5%

  1. p ≤ 0.05 significant, p ≤ 0.01 highly significant (HS), χ2 chi-square test, ZMWU Mann–Whitney U-test