Table 2 Complications of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes for women with any type of diabetes, or without diabetes in Kronoberg

N

37

11

48

97

145

135

Caesarian section (CS)

15 (41%)

5 (46%)

20 (42%)

24 (25%)

0.03

44 (30%)

25 (19%)

0.05 ^{a 0.0001}

Preeclampsia

7 (19%)

3 (27%)

10 (21%)

*

*

*

10 (7%)

0.15^a

Birth < 37 weeks gestation

13 (35%)

5 (46%)

18 (38%)

12 (12%)

0.001

30 (21%)

8 (6%)

0.0001

Large for gestational age (LGA)

22 (60%)

3 (27%)

25 (52%)

13 (13%)

0.0001

38 (26%)

23 (17%)

0.06

Birth weight > 4500 g

1 (2.7%)

1 (9%)

2 (4.3%)

6 (6.3%)

1.0

8 (5.6%)

7 (5.2%)

1.0

APGAR score < 7 (at 5th min after delivery)

6 (16%)

2 (18%)

8 (17%)

4 (4.1%)

0.02

12 (8.3%)

4 (3.0%)

0.07

Neonatal hypoglycemia

12 (32%)

1 (9%)

13 (27%)

*

*

*

*

*

Congenital malformations

1 (2.7%)

2 (18%)

3 (6.3%)

*

*

*

4 (2.9%)

0.06^a

Perinatal/intrauterine mortality

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

3 (6.3%)

*

*

*

*

*

Shoulder dystocia

1 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.1%)

*

*

*

3 (2.2%)

0.24^a