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. 2019 Apr 15;19:128. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2275-x

Table 2.

Relationship of maternal and neonatal outcome of pregnancy with fasting

Fasted (n = 155) Non (n = 144) P value
- Mode of delivery
 • Vaginal delivery 66 (42.6%) 74 (51.4%)
 • Cesarean section 86 (55.5%) 42 (29.2%) 0.37a
- Gestational diabetes
 • Yes 4 (2.6%) 12 (8.3%) 0.02a
 • No 151 (97.4%) 132 (91.7%)
- Preeclampsia
 • Yes 23 (14.8%) 18 (12.5%) 0.55a
 • No 132 (85.2%) 126 (87.5%)
- Preterm labour
 • Yes 7 (4.5%) 5 (3.5%) 0.64a
 • No 148 (95.5%) 139 (96.5%)
- Low Birth Weight 6 (3.87%) 4 (2.77%) 0.59b
- Fetal birth weight (kg) 3.47 (1.68) 3.35 (0.52) 0.17b
- Fetal height (cm) 47.11 (5.1) 47.23 (2.79) 0.07b
- Fetal head circumference (cm) 36.28 (3.3) 35.83 (1.68) 0.5b
- 5th minutes APGAR score 8.27 (1) 8.23 (0.7) 0.7b

- Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) in case of continuous variables and n (%) in case of frequencies

aChi-square test

bIndependent samples t-test