The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits

Table 3

Gestation, Delivery and New Born data.

	Control group	Telemedicine group	𝑃
N	48	49
Gestational Weeks at Delivery	39.42 ± 1.42	39.12 ± 1.66	n.s.
Pregnancy induced hypertension	0 (0%)	2 (4.1%)	.501
Delivery Outcomes
Normal vaginal birth	26 (54.2%)	20 (40.8%)	.068
Dystocia	17 (35.4%)	27 (55.1%)
(i) Caesarean Section	12 (25%)	17 (34.7%)	.427
(ii) Instrumental vaginal birth	5 (10.4%)	10 (20.4%)
New born gender (M/F)	22 (47.9%)/18 (37.5%)	20 (40.8%)/26 (53.1%)	.240
Birth weight (g)	3370.6 ± 479.1	3308.2 ± 488.8	.385
(i) Male	3407.1 ± 492.2	3214.5 ± 435.7
(ii) Female	3346.9 ± 481.3	3380.2 ± 522.9
New born Outcomes			.500
Large-for-gestational age	4 (8.3%)	3 (6.1%)
Hypoglycemia	0 (0%)	1 (2%)
Hypokaliemia	0	0
Hypocalcemia	0	0
Poliglobulia	0	0
Small-for-gestational age	0	0
Preterm Birth (GA <37 weeks)	1 (2.1%)	1 (2.0%)
Loss of fetal wellbeing	5 (10.4%)	3 (6.1%)
Umbilical cord pathology	2 (4.2%)	1 (2.0%)
Shoulders dystocia	1 (2.1%)	0 (0%)
Abruptio placentae	1 (2.1%)	0 (0%)

Data are Mean ± SDM or 𝑛 (%).