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. 2024 Apr 6;14(4):208. doi: 10.3390/metabo14040208

Table 2.

Infant characteristics at 7 months of age.

Infant Characteristics Underweight
Mothers (n = 63)
Normal Weight Mothers (n = 43) Overweight Mothers (n = 29) % Difference Underweight vs. Normal Weight % Difference Overweight vs. Normal Weight
Mean (SD) or n (%) Mean (SD) or n (%) Mean (SD) or n (%)
Age, months ~ 7.2 0.6 7.5 1.1 7.5 1.0 −4.0 0.7
Weight (kg) 7.1 0.9 7.4 0.9 7.4 1.0 −3.3 1.2
Weight for Age (Z-score) −1.1 1.1 −0.9 1.1 −0.8 1.1 0.0 * 0.0 *
Length (cm) 66.7 2.5 67.1 2.3 67.6 2.6 −0.7 0.7
Length for Age (Z-score) −0.8 1.1 −0.7 1.0 −0.6 1.0 0.0 * 0.0 *
Weight for Length (Z-score) −0.8 1.1 −0.5 1.2 −0.6 1.2 0.0 * 0.0 *
Breast Feeding: yes 50.0 79.4 37.0 86.1 24.0 82.8 −6.7 −3.3
Glucose 0 min (mg/dL) 79.7 9.5 82.5 12.2 82.7 15.5 −3.4 0.2
Glucose 30 min (mg/dL) 105.7 22.0 114.0 21.7 109.8 22.6 −7.3 −3.7
Insulin 0 min (mIU/L) 2.6 3.5 2.2 2.4 4.5 7.9 15.4 103.6
Insulin 30 min (mIU/L) 8.9 7.1 9.7 8.1 10.2 7.3 −8.5 4.8
C-Peptide 0 min (pmol/L) 157.3 160.4 161.2 114.9 259.1 208.9 −2.4 60.7
C-Peptide 30 min (pmol/L) 395.3 231.7 443.8 280.4 471.4 251.0 −10.9 6.2
HOMA2-IR 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.25 0.56 0.45 −3.1 59.1
HOMA2-B 51.1 28.4 52.8 24.9 74.2 38.8 −3.1 40.6
Insulinogenic Index (using C-peptide, nmol/mmol) 0.17 2.39 0.14 2.20 0.18 1.31 15.0 27.1
Disposition Index (using C-peptide, L/mmol) 1.9 2.5 1.3 2.6 1.2 3.7 49.2 −6.8

Geometric means and SDs reported for disposition index. (%). ~ Month defined as 30 days. * For Z-score variables, differences in Z scores are shown.