Risk Factors for the Requirement of Antenatal Insulin Treatment in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 6

Neonatal characteristics.

	AIT group ()	Diet group ()	values
Birth weight (g)	2703.2 ± 526.0	2827.6 ± 534.3	0.532
Neonatal plasma glucose level (mmol/L)	2.3 ± 1.3	3.0 ± 1.0	0.099
Hypoglycemia, (%)	4 (40)	5 (18.5)	0.176
TTN, (%)	3 (30.0)	2 (7.4)	0.074
RDS, (%)	2 (20.0)	1 (3.7)	0.107

Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or number (). AIT, antenatal insulin; TTN, transient tachypnea of the newborn; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; Student’s t-test; and χ-square test.