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Table 2 Frequencies of obstetric interventions and outcomes in women with diabetes mellitus and the control population

From: Peripartum fetal distress in diabetic women: a retrospective case-cohort study

Obstetric interventions and outcomes

Type 1 diabetes

(n = 117)

Type 2 diabetes

(n = 59)

Gestational diabetes (n = 303)

Control

(n = 15,260)

Induction [n (%)]

53 (45.3) ‡

25 (42.4) †

132 (43.6) ‡

3515 (23.0)

(n = 15,255)

Preterm birth [n (%)]

31 (26.5) *

19 (32.2) †

37 (12.2) †

2830 (18.6)

(n = 15,248)

Delivery mode [n (%)]

 Spontaneous §

42 (35.9) §

22 (37.3) §

155 (51.2) §

9072 (59.4)

 VE/FE

9 (7.7)

1 (1.7)

32 (10.6)

1796 (11.8)

 Planned CS

23 (19.7) ‡

19 (32.2) ‡

55 (18.2) †

1902 (12.5)

 Unplanned CS

42 (35.9) ‡

17 (28.8) †

58 (19.1) *

2313 (15.2)

 Others

1 (0.9)

–

3 (1.0)

177 (1.2)

Clinical indication for instrumental or cesarean delivery[n (%)]

 Failure to progress

15 (12.9)

3 (5.2)

41 (13.8)

1991 (13.2)

 Fetal distress

32 (27.6) ‡

(n = 116)

14 (24.1) †

(n = 58)

38 (12.8)

(n = 298)

1655 (11.0)

(n = 15,078)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%)
  2. VE, vacuum extraction; FE, forceps extraction; Others, breach delivery or fundus expression
  3. *= p < 0.05 as compared to control group
  4. †= p < 0.01 as compared to control group
  5. ‡= p < 0.001 as compared to control group
  6. §= referent variable of logistic regression analysis