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. 2024 Mar 21;14:6792. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57535-8

Table 2.

Maternal and neonatal outcomes according to OGTT results.

Normoglycemic group (n = 8,593) SAV group (n = 342) GDM (n = 418) p-value* p-value# p-value$
Maternal outcomes
 Emergency cesarean section, n (%) 836 (24.57) 35 (22.29) 55 (23.50) 0.765
 Postpartum bleeding, n (%) 399 (4.64) 13 (3.80) 26 (6.22) 0.242
 PAH, n (%) 313 (3.64) 28 (8.19) 43 (10.29)  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Diabetes diagnosis within 6 months after delivery, n (%) 1 (0.01) 0 (0.00) 4 (0.96)  < 0.001 1.0  < 0.001
 Diabetes diagnosis within 5 years after delivery, n (%) 156 (1.82) 26 (7.60) 62 (14.83)  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
Neonatal outcomes
 Preterm birth, n (%) 1676 (19.50) 94 (27.49) 114 (27.27)  < 0.001 0.001  < 0.001
 Gestational age at delivery (weeks)
  Mean (SD) 38.76 (1.57) 38.39 (2.19) 38.21 (1.80)  < 0.001 0.007  < 0.001
  < 24 + 0, n (%) 0 (0.00) 2 (0.58) 0 (0.00)  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.014
  ≥ 24 + 0, < 28 + 0, n (%) 18 (0.21) 1 (0.29) 3 (0.72)
 ≥ 28 + 0, < 34 + 0, n (%) 102 (1.19) 7 (2.05) 6 (1.44)
  ≥ 34 + 0, < 37 + 0, n (%) 444 (5.17) 27 (7.89) 35 (8.37)
  ≥ 37 + 0, n (%) 8029 (93.44) 305 (89.18) 374 (89.47)
 Chorioamnionitis, n (%) 13 (0.15) 2 (0.58) 2 (0.48) 0.054
 Polyhydramnios, n (%) 27 (0.31) 2 (0.58) 4 (0.96) 0.058
 LGA, n (%) 194 (2.26) 9 (2.63) 14 (3.35) 0.325
 Clavicle fracture, n (%) 23 (0.27) 2 (0.58) 1 (0.24) 0.330
 NICU admission, n (%) 1068 (12.43) 57 (16.67) 63 (15.07) 0.023 0.062 0.334
 Apgar score < 5 in 1 min, n (%) 198 (2.31) 14 (4.09) 11 (2.63) 0.099
 Apgar score < 5 in 5 min, n (%) 53 (0.62) 4 (1.17) 2 (0.48) 0.416
 RDS, n (%) 126 (1.47) 5 (1.46) 14 (3.35) 0.01 1.0 0.007
 Mechanical ventilation, n (%) 464 (5.40) 25 (7.31) 28 (6.70) 0.178
 Use of surfactant, n (%) 71 (0.83) 4 (1.17) 11 (2.63) 0.003 1.0 0.004
 IVH, n (%) 114 (1.33) 5 (1.46) 2 (0.48) 0.313
 HIE, n (%) 226 (2.63) 13 (3.80) 11 (2.63) 0.42
 Jaundice, n (%) 1362 (15.85) 61 (17.84) 95 (22.73) 0.001 0.975  < 0.001
 Hypoglycemia, n (%) 17 (0.20) 7 (2.05) 35 (8.37)  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Sepsis, n (%) 187 (2.18) 16 (4.68) 8 (1.91) 0.008 0.007 1.0
 Composite outcome††, n (%) 1977 (23.01) 92 (26.90) 122 (29.19) 0.004 0.282 0.011

Values are expressed as means (standard deviation, SD), or n (%).

SAV single abnormal value in 100 g OGTT, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, PAH pregnancy-associated hypertension, LGA large for gestational age, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, RDS respiratory distress syndrome, IVH intraventricular hemorrhage, HIE hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

*p-value: normoglycemic vs SAV vs GDM.

#Post-hoc p-value using Bonferroni methods: normoglycemic vs SAV.

$Post-hoc p-value using Bonferroni methods: normoglycemic vs GDM.

PAH: corresponding to one of preeclampsia, superimposed preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and eclampsia.

††Composite outcome: corresponding to one or more of NICU admission, RDS, TTN, mechanical ventilation, HIE, IVH, Jaundice, hypoglycemia, sepsis.