Table 3 Neonatal outcomes of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus
Cohort | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome variable | WHO-2013 | WHO-1999 | P-value* | OR** | Adjusted OR** |
N | 437 | 949 | |||
Preterm delivery, n (%) | 27 (6.2) | 60 (6.3) | 0.934 | 0.98 (0.61–1.57) | NA |
Birth weight (g) | 3512 ± 459 | 3399 ± 532 | < 0.001 | NA | NA |
Birth weight, n (%) | 0.136 | NA | NA | ||
Infants < 4000 g | 384 (87.9) | 831 (87.8) | |||
Infants 4000–4499 g | 42 (9.6) | 104 (11.0) | |||
Infants ≥4500 g | 11 (2.5) | 11 (1.2) | |||
Large for gestational age, n (%) ‡ | 72 (16.5) | 176 (18.5) | 0.379 | 0.87 (0.65–1.18) | 0.90 (0.66–1.25) |
Small for gestational age, n (%) ‡ | 14 (3.2) | 37 (3.9) | 0.538 | 0.82 (0.44–1.54) | NA |
5 min Apgar < 7, n (%) | 7 (1.6) | 32 (3.4) | 0.068 | 0.47 (0.21–1.08) | NA |
Respiratory support, n (%) | 14 (3.2) | 37 (3.9) | 0.519 | 0.81 (0.44–1.52) | NA |
Birth trauma, n (%) | 15 (3.4) | 30 (3.2) | 0.791 | 1.09 (0.58–2.05) | NA |
Hypoglycaemia, n (%) | 42 (9.6) | 40 (4.2) | < 0.001 | 2.41 (1.54–3.78) | 2.48 (1.52–4.05) |
Hyperbilirubinaemia, n (%) | 4 (0.9) | 24 (2.5) | 0.062 | 0.36 (0.12–1.03) | NA |
Still birth/neonatal death, n (%) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 1.000 | NA | NA |
Admission to the neonatology department, n (%) | 54 (12.4) | 139 (14.6) | 0.272 | 0.83 (0.59–1.16) | 0.79 (0.55–1.14) |