Table 2 Pregnancy and maternal outcome according to gestational diabetes status in this study.
| No gestational diabetes (n=1647) | Impaired gestational fasting glycaemia (n=723) | Impaired gestational glucose tolerance (n=68) | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy | |||||
| Any complication | 461 (28.0%) | 111 (15.4%)† | 39 (57.4%)†‡ | <0.001 | |
| Threatening miscarriage | 278 (16.9%) | 56 (7.7%)† | 21 (30.9%†)‡ | <0.001 | |
| Preeclampsia | 26 (1.6%) | 5 (0.7%) | 7 (10.3%)†‡ | <0.001 | |
| Urinary tract infection | 80 (4.9%) | 13 (1.8%)† | 6 (8.8%)‡ | <0.001 | |
| Delivery | |||||
| Gestational weeks at delivery | 39.2±2.5 | 39.3±2.2 | 37.2±4.6†‡ | 0.001 | |
| <37 weeks | 146 (8.9%) | 62 (8.6%) | 17 (25.0%)†‡ | <0.001 | |
| Spontaneous delivery | 1504 (91.3%) | 659 (91.1%) | 58 (85.3%) | ns | |
| Cesarean section | 142 (8.6%) | 63 (8.7%) | 9 (13.2%) | ns | |
| Emergency Cesarean s. | 102 (6.2%) | 32 (4.4%) | 9 (13.2%)†§ | <0.01 | |
| Mother | |||||
| Healthy | 1623 (98.5%) | 702 (97.1%) | 68 (100%) | ns | |
| Sick | 24 (1.5%) | 21 (2.9%) | 0 | ns | |
| Dead | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
* refers to significant differences between groups; † p<0.01 compared to no gestational diabetes; ‡ p<0.01 compared to impaired gestational fasting glycemia; § p<0.05 compared to no gestational diabetes.