Temporal Trends in Gestational Diabetes Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcomes at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, between 2004 and 2016
Table 4
Pregnancy outcomes—mother and infant.
Variable
Period 1: 2004–2008
Period 2: 2009–2012
Period 3: 2013–2016
Gestation at delivery (days)
272 (13)
272 (13)
274 (11)
Delivery mode
Simple vaginal n (%)
306 (61.6)
432 (68.4)
551 (69.8)
Vacuum extraction n (%)
0 (0)
2 (0.3)
18 (2.3)
Elective C-section n (%)
109 (21.9)
98 (15.7)
105 (13.3)
Emergency C-section n (%)
68 (13.7)
85 (13.6)
112 (14.2)
Not recorded n (%)
14 (2.8)
9 (1.4)
3 (0.4)
Birth weight (grams)
3605 (582)
3465 (589)
3524 (554)
Birth weight Z-score
0.64 (1.40)
0.30 (1.35)
0.26 (1.27)
SGA/AGA/LGA (%)
8/63/29
8/73/19
9/73/18
Length (cm)
51.9 (2.7)
51.3 (2.8)
51.5 (2.7)
Abdominal circumference (cm)
33.5 (2.2)
33.2 (2.8)
33.3 (2.3)
Head circumference (cm)
35.1 (1.7)
34.9 (1.9)
34.9 (1.7)
Placental weight (g)
718 (174)
673 (187)
687(203)
Apgar (5minutes)
9.9 (0.6)
9.9 (0.7)
9.8 (0.8)
Maternal and infant outcomes. Data are reported as mean (SD) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables. Statistical comparisons performed using one-way ANVOA followed by unpaired t-tests with Bonferroni correction for continuous variables and Chi squared tests for categorical variables. versus period 1; versus period 1; versus period 1.
