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Table 7 Comparison of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with and without metabolic syndrome according to four definitions

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in non-diabetic, pregnant Angolan women according to four diagnostic criteria and its effects on adverse perinatal outcomes

Adverse perinatal outcome

Entire study group (N = 675)

NCEP ATP III [5]

p value

JIS MetS Criteria [6]

p value

NCEP ATP III (Bartha [10])

p value

NHLBI/AHA (Chatzi [8, 9]

p value

With MetS

N = 197

Without MetS

N = 478

With MetS

N = 247

Without MetS

N = 428

With MetS N = 12

Without MetS

N = 663

With MetS N = 85

Without MetS

N = 590

Visible malformation (%)

1

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0.6468

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

1.0

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

1.0

0 (0.0)

1 (0.01)

1.0

Icterus (%)

4

2 (0.1)

2 (0.4)

0.7137

2 (0.8)

2 (0.5)

0.9699

0 (0.0)

4 (0.6)

1.0

1 (1.2)

3 (0.05)

1.0

Macrossomia

28

14 (7.1)

14 (2.9)

0.236

15 (6.0)

13 (3.0)

0.0882

2 (16.7)

26 (3.9)

0.1432

6 (7.0)

22 (3.7)

0.2507

Prematurity (%)

26

7 (3.5)

19 (3.9)

0.9691

9 (3.6)

17 (4.0)

0.9953

1

25 (3.7)

0.9544

5 (5.9)

21 (3.5)

0.4599

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (%)

14

3 (1.5)

11 (2.3)

0.7278

3 (1.2)

11 (2.6)

0.3628

0 (0.0)

14 (2.1)

1.0

2 (2.3)

12 (2.0)

1.0

Stillbirth (%)

15

6 (3.0)

9 (1.9)

0.5192

6 (2.4)

9 (2.1)

0.9952

2 (16.7)

13 (2.0)

0.0148

3 (3.5)

12 (2.0)

0.6305

Apgar score <7

 1 min (%)

31

6 (3.0)

25 (5.2)

0.3028

9 (3.6)

22 (5.1)

0.4816

0 (0.0)

31 (4.8)

0.9433

4 (4.7)

27 (4.6)

1.0

 5 min (%)

10

3 (1.5)

7 (1.5)

1.0

3 (1.2)

7 (1.6)

0.9161

 

10 (1.5)

1.0

1 (1.2)

9 (1.5)

1.0

Number of newborns with APO

95

30 (15.2) (a)

65 (13.6)

0.6658

36 (14.6) (a)

59 (13.8)

0.8655

4 (33.3) (a)

91 (13.7)

0.1293

15 (17.6) (a)

80 (13.5)

0.3973

Any adverse perinatal outcome APO N (%)

129

42 (21.3)

(a)

87 (12.2)

0.4069

47 (19.0)

(a)

82 (19.2)

1.000

5 (41.7) (a)

124 (18.7)

0.1021

22 (25.9) (a)

106 (18.0)

0.1112

  1. * Difference test of proportions of number of newborns with APO p = 0.3435 (aaa and a). * Difference test of proportions of any adverse perinatal outcomes is p = 0.1898