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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jul 24;201(5):482.e1–482.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.032

TABLE 2.

Maternal characteristics, peripartum complications, and neonatal outcomes in women with and without composite endpoint of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes

Patient characteristics Preeclampsia or gestational diabetes mellitus n = 1209 No preeclampsia or gestational diabetes mellitus n = 8700 P value
Maternal characteristics
 Age (y), mean ± SD     30.9 ± 6.5     29.5 ± 5.8 < .001
 Parity, mean ± SD       3.5 ± 3.0       3.5 ± 2.6    .002
  Median       2.0       3.0
 Gravidity, mean ± SD       4.2 ± 3.4       4.0 ± 2.9    .70
  Median       3.0       3.0
 Repeated spontaneous abortions, %       8.6       5.8 < .001
 Infertility treatments, %       5.6       2.5 < .001
 Fasting glucose level (mg/dL), mean ± SD     82.6 ± 20.6     76.8 ± 15.4    .01
Neonatal characteristics
 Mal presentation, %       4.4       2.8    .003
 Premature rapture of membranes, %       0.9       1.1    .59
 Premature delivery, %     14.8       7.5 < .001
 Birthweight in term newborns, g 3282.0 ± 512.0 3257.0 ± 443.0    .09
 Large for gestational age, %     14.3     10.0 < .001
 Small for gestational age, %       7.0       5.0    .003