Table 2.
Delivery and neonatal outcomes
| Mean ± SD | All patients n = 174 |
Type 1 diabetes n = 124 (71) |
Type 2 diabetes n = 50 (29) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth weight (kg) | 3.6 ± 0.72 | 3.6 ± 0.76 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 0.260 |
| Mode of delivery | Percentage (%) | |||
|
Spontaneous vaginal delivery Yes (n = 40) |
24.3 | 23.4 | 26.0 | 0.549 |
|
Elective CS Yes (n = 30) |
17.2 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 0.508 |
|
Emergency CS Yes (n = 49) |
28.1 | 32.0 | 18.0 | 0.092 |
|
Assisted normal delivery Yes (n = 13) |
7.4 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 0.760 |
|
Miscarriage Yes (n = 36) |
20.6 | 20.8 | 18.3 | 0.835 |
|
Intrauterine foetal death Yes (n = 6) |
3.4 | 2.4 | 8.1 | 0.099 |
|
Live births Yes (n = 134) |
76.5 | 77.6 | 74.0 | 0.268 |
| Foetal complications | ||||
|
Postnatal hypoglycaemia Yes (n = 27) |
27.4 | 31.3 | 19.3 | 0.331 |
|
NICU admission Yes (n = 45) |
45.9 | 52.2 | 32.0 | 0.082 |
|
Abdominal circumference > 95th Yes (n = 22) |
19.4 | 23.8 | 6.8 | 0.058 |
|
Birth weight > 4.5 kg Yes (n = 7) |
5.2 | 7.2 | – | 0.189 |
|
Birth weight > 4.0 kg Yes (n = 31) |
23.1 | 20.6 | 30.0 | 0.263 |
|
Congenital anomalies Yes (n = 7) |
5.3 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 0.675 |
| Maternal complications | ||||
|
Pre-eclampsia Yes (n = 13) |
9.2 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 0.514 |
|
Pregnancy-induced hypertension Yes (n = 26) |
19.2 | 21.4 | 13.5 | 0.340 |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or %
BMI body mass index, MDI multiple daily injections, CSII continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion