| |
Oral hypoglycemic group |
Insulin group |
p-value |
|
Birth weight |
3507.1 ± 462.5 |
3527.4 ± 489.4 |
0.424* |
|
Fetal umbilical cord blood glucose |
60.49 ± 12.87 |
59.52 ± 11.33 |
0.361* |
| Neonatal hypoglycemia |
5 (12.1%) |
4 (9.5%) |
0.695** |
| Neonatal jaundice |
18 (43.8%) |
20 (47.6%) |
0.620** |
| Admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) |
26 (63.4%) |
29 (69%) |
0.432** |
| Duration of admission to NICU |
3.31 ± 1.77 |
3.45 ± 2.67 |
0.412* |
| Perinatal mortality |
3 (7.1%) |
2 (4.8%) |
0.320*** |
| Congenital malformations |
2 (4.9%) |
4 (9.5%) |
0.249*** |
(*) using Independent sample T test.
(**) using Chi square test.
(***) using Fisher exact test. |
