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Table 4 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of pregestational and gestational diabetic mothers/infants

From: Morbidity and mortality amongst infants of diabetic mothers admitted into a special care baby unit in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

 

Pregestaional DM

Gestational DM

p value

 

N = 18

N = 29

 

Mode of delivery

   

EMCS

8

12

0.895

ELCS

6

12

0.71

SVD

4

4

0.53

Birth weight (kg)

   

<2.5

2

2

0.64

2.5 - 3.99

7

9

0.70

≥4.0

9

18

0.67

Hypoglycaemia

8

18

0.52

Normoglycaemia

10

11

0.47

Jaundice

11

14

0.63