Table 1.

The percent of morbidities for study and control group.

Type of morbidity	Study group n=50, No (%)	Control group n=50, No (%)	P-value	Odds ratio	C.I
Hypoglycemia	36 (72%)	4 (8%)	0.00*Sig.	29.5	8.9–97.5
Macrosomia	29 (58%)	6 (12%)	0.00005*Sig.	6.8	2.5–18.4
Neonatal jaundice (NNJ)	24 (48%)	13 (26%)	0.02*Sig.	2.6	1.1–6.1
Hypocalcemia	22 (44%)	3 (6%)	0.00001*Sig.	12.3	3.3–44.9
Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)	21 (42%)	16 (32%)	0.3**N.S	1.5	0.6–3.4
Polycythemia	16 (32%)	2 (4%)	0.0002*Sig.	11.3	2.4–52.3
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)	13 (26%)	11 (22%)	0.6**N.S.	1.2	0.5–3.1
Prematurity	9 (18%)	9 (18%)	1**N.S	1	0.4–2.8
Coronary heart disease (CHD)	5 (10%)	1 (2%)	0.09**N.S	5.4	0.6–48.3
Birth injury	3 (6%)	0 (0%)	0.07**N.S	-	-
Birth asphyxia	2 (4%)	12 (24%)	0.003*Sig.	0.13	0.028–0.63 Protective

^*Sig. – significant; **N.S – not significant.