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Table 3 Obstetric outcomes according to gestational diabetes mellitus treatment groups

From: Neonatal and obstetric outcomes in diet- and insulin-treated women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study

  

Treatment groups

 

Outcome variable

Overall

Diet

Insulin

P-value*

N (%)

820

460 (56.1)

360 (43.9)

 

Induction of labour, n (%)

533 (65.0)

271 (58.9)

262 (72.8)

NA a

Delivery type, n (%)

 Spontaneous

561 (68.4)

317 (68.9)

244 (67.8)

NS

 Instrumental b

67 (8.2)

46 (10.0)

21 (5.8)

NS

 Caesarean section

99 (12.1)

60 (13.0)

39 (10.8)

NS

 Planned caesarean section

93 (11.3)

37 (8.0)

56 (15.6)

0.001

Preeclampsia, n (%) c

28 (3.4)

16 (3.5)

12 (3.3)

NS

Gestational hypertension, n (%)

75 (9.1)

43 (9.3)

32 (8.9)

NS

  1. Data are expressed as proportion n (%)
  2. Abbreviations: NS not significant, NA not applicable
  3. * P-values were based on chi-square test for categorical variables
  4. a Not applicable, insulin therapy is one of the indications to induce labour in GDM pregnancy at or around 38 weeks of gestation
  5. b Instrumental is defined as forceps and vacuum extraction
  6. c Preeclampsia included eclampsia (n = 1) and Hemolysis Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome (n = 1)
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