Research Article
Birth Outcomes among Diabetic Mothers Who Delivered in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Maternal outcomes among diabetic mothers.
| | Variables | Frequency N = 346 | Percent (%) |
| Onset of labor | Spontaneous | 177 | 51.16 | Induced | 169 | 48.84 |
| GA at time of delivery | Preterm | 62 | 17.9 | Term | 284 | 82.1 |
| Mode of delivery | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 137 | 39.6 | Assisted vaginal delivery | 9 | 2.6 | C/S | 200 | 57.8 |
| Maternal complication | PIH | 90 | 26 | Polyhydramnios | 5 | 1.4 | Tear (traumatize labor) | 7 | 2 | Hypothyroidism | 6 | 1.7 | Obstructed labor | 1 | 0.2 | Cardiac disease | 3 | 0.8 | Chronic renal disease | 1 | 0.9 | Others | 36 | 10.4 | ICU admission | 111 | 32.1 |
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Total may not add to 100% because of multiple responses. |