Research Article
The Relationship between Fetal Abdominal Wall Thickness and Intrapartum Complications amongst Mothers with Pregestational Type 2 Diabetes
Table 2
Perinatal characteristics and birth outcomes associated with intrapartum complications.
| | Spontaneous vaginal delivery
() | Shoulder dystocia
() | Caesarean section
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| | Multiparous (%) | 81.6% | 76.9% | 73.8% | 0.511 | | Body mass indexa, mean (SD) | 36.1 (7.3) | 39.3 (7.7) | 39.3 (6.6) | 0.026 | | , underweight (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | | BMI 18.5-24.9, normal (%) | 3.7% | 0 | 0 | — | | , overweight (%) | 17% | 0 | 5.9% | — | | BMI 30-34.9, class 1 obesity (%) | 25.9% | 0 | 17.6% | — | | BMI 35-39.9, class 2 obesity (%) | 23.7% | 41.7% | 26.5% | 0.470 | | , class 3 obesity (%) | 29.7% | 58.3% | 50% | 0.011 | | Other medical complications of pregnancy | 16% | 15.4% | 32.6% | 0.092 | | Hypertensive disorders | 15.8% | 15.4% | 16.3% | 0.713 | | Other maternal conditions | 8.2% | 0 | 23.2% | — | | Induction of labor (%) | 91.4% | 91.7% | 79.3% | 0.076 | | Gestational age at delivery, median [IQR] | 37 [36 to 38] | 37 [36 to 38] | 37 [36 to 38] | 0.899 | | 1 min Apgar | 8 [6.5 to 9] | 6 [6 to 7] | 8 [4.5 to 9] | 0.013 | | 5 min Apgar | 9 [9 to 9] | 9 [9 to 9] | 9 [9 to 9] | 0.788 | | Birthweight in grams, mean (SD) | 3469.4 (627.38) | 3992.9 | 3679.6 (805.3) | 0.008 | | grams (%) | 5.1% | (276.8) 30.8% | 10.5% | 0.001 | | %ile for GA (%) | 43.4% | 84.6% | 71.1% | 0.0004 | | Female fetus (%) | 55.7% | 38.5% | 44.2% | 0.110 |
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Notes: acalculated for with available BMI data. |
