Table 3.
Pregnancies complicated by DKA events in total cohort and stratified by fetal outcome.
| Total N=47 |
Live birth N=34 (72%) |
Fetal loss N=13 (28%) |
P=value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestation at delivery in weeks | 34 (31-36) | 34 (32-36) | 32 (30-35) | NS |
| Preterm deliveries (<37 wks) n (%) | 40 (85%) | 27 (79%) | 13 (100%) | NS |
| Delivery with DKA event n (%) | 26 (55%) | 17 (50%) | 9 (69%) | NS |
| Days from DKA to delivery | 14 (2-42) | 24 (3-46) | 2 (1-28) | NS |
| Birth outcome | ||||
| Miscarriage n(%) | 1 (2%) | 1(8%) | SS | |
| Stillbirth n(%) | 9 (19%) | 9 (69%) | SS | |
| Termination n(%) | 2(4%) | 0 | 2 (16%) | SS |
| Late termination (>20 weeks) | 1(2%) | 1 (8%) | SS | |
| Maternal mortality n(%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gestational hypertension n(%) | 10 (21%) | 8 (24%) | 2 (15%) | SS |
| Pre-eclampsia n(%) | 17 (36%) | 13 (38%) | 4 (31%) | SS |
| Mode of delivery | ||||
| Vaginal delivery | 20 | 8 (24%) | 12 (92%) | P<0.01 |
| Induced labor n(%) | 14 (30%) | 10 (29%) | 4 (31%) | SS |
| Caesarean section n(%) | 27 (57%) | 26 (76%) | 1 (8%) | SS |
| In live births | ||||
| Birthweight (gram) | 2523 (1490-3163) |
2600 (1465-3270) |
1820 (1705-3080) |
NS |
| Macrosomia (>4000gram) n(%) | 1 (3%) | SS | ||
DKA, Diabetic ketoacidosis; SS, sample size too small; NS, Not significant.