Table 3.

Association between macroscopic changes on the fetal and maternal placental surfaces and gestational diabetes mellitus in 43 women from Goiânia, Central-West Brazil, between August 2009 and July 2010.

MACROSCOPIC ALTERATIONS	GDM
	MATERNAL SURFACE		p-value	FETAL SURFACE		p-value
Calcification	Yes	No		Yes	No
Yes	19	24	0.008	4	39	0.665
No	16	3		3	16
Fibrin
Yes	11	32	0.310	35	8	1.000
No	2	17		16	3
Placental infarction
Yes	1	42	1.000	0	43	1.000
No	0	19		0	19
Hematoma
Yes	0	43	1.000	1	42	1.000
No	0	19		0	19
Fibrosis
Yes	0	43	1.000	0	43	1.000
No	0	19		0	19
No alterations
Yes	12	31	0.050	3	40	0.546
No	1	18		0	19

Fisher's exact test.