Research Article
Birth Outcomes among Diabetic Mothers Who Delivered in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 3
Comparing maternal outcomes in GDM and DM mothers.
| Maternal outcome variable | GDM N = 157 | Percent (%) | DM N = 189 | Percent (%) |
| Onset of labor | Spontaneous | 72 | 40.7 | 105 | 59.3 | Induced | 85 | 50.3 | 84 | 49.7 |
| Gestational age at time of delivery | Preterm | 19 | 30.6 | 43 | 69.4 | Term | 138 | 48.6 | 146 | 51.4 |
| Mode delivery | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 48 | 35.0 | 89 | 65.0 | Instrumental delivery | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 66.7 | Cesarean section | 106 | 53.0 | 94 | 47.0 |
| Types of C/S | Emergency C/S | 48 | 51.0 | 46 | 49.0 | Elective CS | 58 | 54.3 | 47 | 45.7 |
| Maternal complication | PIH | 47 | 52.2 | 43 | 47.8 | Polyhydramnios | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | Traumatize labor | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 71.4 | Hypothyroidism | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 20.0 | Cardiac disease | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | Obstructed labor | 0 | | 1 | | ICU admission | 55 | 49.5 | 56 | 50.5 |
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Total may not add to 100% because of multiple responses. |