This paper also examines an important epidemiological issue of the effect of including or excluding the growing group of women with pre-existing diabetes on GDM prevalence estimates.
New orders for non-defence capital goods, excluding aircraft, grew by 4.7%.
Jimmy Choo said Asian revenues, excluding Japan, grew 20.1% at constant currencies last year, helped by new store openings in China and Hong Kong.
And overall wealth in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, grew 17.1 percent year over year, almost twice as the global average of 9.4 percent.
Pretax profit in Asia excluding Hong Kong grew the most, while the bank also posted a $3.9 billion accounting gain on the value of its own debt.
The Office for National Statistics said average earnings, excluding bonuses, grew at an annual rate of 1.6% in the three months to January, slightly weaker than the 1.7% in the three months to December.
For years, Kay said, "the image of a Scot was a man in a kilt and a sporran and thick socks," one that excluded the growing communities of people of color, along with those born in other countries or cultures.
On a three-monthly basis, regular wages, excluding bonuses, grew at an annual rate of 2.5% in the three months to September, down from 2.8% in the three months to August.
Sales in Asia, excluding Japan, grew 17%, but they rose by 13% in France and 15% in the rest of Europe thanks in part to Asian tourists taking items back home.
Between 2000 and 2009 output per person in poor countries excluding China grew an average of 3.2 percentage points a year faster than rich ones an unprecedented pace of catch-up.
