Table 4.

Maternal–fetal perinatal outcomes after the dietary intervention according to study group: women with gestational diabetes mellitus recruited at the Center of Maternal Primary Care in Guangdong General Hospital, China, from June 2008 to July 2009

	Control group (n 42)		Low-GL group (n 41)
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P
Total weight gain (kg)	14·72	3·46	14·25	4·41	0·592
Weekly weight gain (kg)	0·38	0·09	0·37	0·11	0·758
Birth weight (kg)	3·30	0·44	3·24	0·46	0·572
	n	%	n	%
Preterm delivery*	6	14·29	4	9·76	0·738
Macrosomia*	2	4·76	1	2·44	0·983
Intra-uterine asphyxia*	2	4·76	3	7·31	0·978
Eclampsia*	1	2·38	0	0·00	0·990
Postpartum haemorrhage*	2	4·76	2	4·88	0·980
Infection*	1	2·38	0	0·00	0·990

GL, glycaemic load.

The Control group received an individualized general dietary intervention and the Low-GL group received an intensive low-GL intervention, every two weeks, from 24–26 weeks of gestation to delivery.

^*Fisher’s exact test was used for the group comparisons. For the others, the t test was used.