The median duration of hospitalisation was not statistically
longer in infants born of mothers with IT-DM
compared with the two other groups (4 vs 2 days,
p=0.13). Regarding the characteristics of respiratory distress
(table 3), the IT-DM group displayed a trend in a
longer duration of mechanical ventilatory support (3.2
vs 0.5–1 day, p=0.07) and oxygen therapy (3 vs 1–1.5 day,
p=0.07). There was a significant increase in the risk
of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following pregnancy
complicated with IT-DM (11% vs 0–2%, p