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Table 5 Summary of maternal and perinatal outcomes (gestational hyperglycaemia vs. normal) N = 224

From: Prevalence of hyperglycaemia first detected during pregnancy and subsequent obstetric outcomes at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya

Variable

Normal OGTT

Hyperglycaemia

p-value

Gestation age at delivery (weeks): mean (sd)

39.19 (1.57)

39.09 (2.08)

0.10

Mode of delivery: n (%)

  

0.54

 Vaginal delivery

93 (62.0)

49 (66.2)

 

 C-section

57 (38.0)

25 (34.8)

 

Genital tract trauma n = 134

  

0.78

 Yes (n %)

47 (50.5)

26 (53.1)

 

 No (n %)

46 (49.5)

23 (46.9)

 

Birth weight (kg) mean (sd)

3.25 (0.44)

3.30 (0.60)

0.03

Birth weight (kg) n = 222

  

0.003

 ≤4.0

147 (99.3)

68 (91.9)

 

 >4.0

1 (0.7)

6 (8.1)

 

Neonatal admission n = 219

  

0.60

 Yes n (%)

38 (25.9)

21 (29.2)

 

 No n (%)

109 (74.1)

51 (70.8)

 

Status of baby at discharge n (%)

  

0.37

 Alive

147 (98.0)

71 (95.9)

 

 Dead

3 (2.0)

3 (4.1)

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