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Table 2 The differences in pregnancy outcomes between the insulin- and diet-treated women with GDM

From: Differences in pregnancy outcomes and characteristics between insulin- and diet-treated women with gestational diabetes

 

Diet N = 456 (75.9 %)

Insulin N = 145 (24.1 %)

p-value

Adjusted p-value

% Gestational hypertension

7.7 % (35)

4.2 % (6)

0.140

 

% preeclampsia

4.0 % (18)

7.6 % (11)

0.076

 

% Preterm delivery

12.8 % (58)

13.9 % (20)

0.743

 

% cesarean section

27.0 % (122)

44.1 % (64)

<0.0001

0.001

Birth weight (g)

3208.2 ± 600.9

3321.4 ± 589.2

0.049

0.144

% macrosomia

7.3 % (33)

12.6 % (18)

0.049

0.226

% LGA

13.1 % (59)

28.5 % (41)

<0.0001

<0.0001

% SGA

11.3 % (51)

8.3 % (12)

0.309

 

% shoulder dystocia

1.1 % (5)

1.4 % (2)

0.788

 

% low Apgar score

2.2 % (10)

2.8 % (4)

0.702

 

% admission NICU

8.7 % (39)

12.5 % (18)

0.174

 
  1. g grams, LGA large-for-gestational age infants, SGA small-for-gestational age infants; low Apgar score: <7 at 5 min; NICU neonatal intensive care unit; The p-values are adjusted for age, BMI, excessive weight gain, ethnicity, multi-parity and center, P-values in bold are significant values