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Table 1 Demographic, obstetric and perinatal characteristics of the study population

From: Histopathological placental lesions in mild gestational hyperglycemic and diabetic women

 

Pregnant groups

   Characteristics

Normoglycemia

MGH

GDM

Overt DM

   Maternal age (years)

26.7a

31.1 a

27.1 a

29.0 a

   Maternal glycemic mean (mg/dl)

86.2 a

98.9 b

114.1 c

122.1d

Newborns

    

   Birth weight (grams)

3250 a

3194 a

3490 a

3180 a

   Term

6 (100.0) a

28 (82.3) a

8 (100.0) a

28 (33.7) a

   Preterm

0

6 (17.7) a

0

55 (66.3) b

   LGA

1 (16.7)

4 (11.8)

2 (25.0)

23 (27.7)

   AGA

5 (83.3)

28 (82.4)

6 (75.0)

55 (66.3)

   SGA

0

2 (5.9)

0

5 (6.0)

Total number

6

34

8

83

  1. Data presented as mean or number (%)
  2. LGA: Large for Gestational Age; AGA: Adequate for Gestational Age; SGA: Small for Gestational Age
  3. Values followed by different letters present significant statistically difference (p < 0.05)