Table 1.

Table 1A. Demographic and clinical characteristics of normal weight pregnant women (BMI<25) and plasma adiponectin concentrations according to gestational age at sampling.

	11–14 weeks (n=50)	15–18 weeks (n=50)	19–22 weeks (n=50)	23–26 weeks (n=50)	27–29 weeks (n=50)	31–34 weeks (n=50)	>37 weeks (n=100)
Maternal age (median, range; years)	24 (16–39)	26 (17–41)	26 (16–38)	24 (15–41)	25 (17–42)	26 (17–39)	24 (15–38)
GA at delivery (median, range; weeks)	40.0 (37–42)	39.7 (37–42)	39.7 (37–42)	39.5 (37–42)	39.7 (38–41)	40.0 (37–42)	39.7 (37–42)
BMI at 1st trimester (median, range; kg/m2)	22.6 (17.3–24.8)	21.9 (17.8–24.8)	21.6 (17–24.8)	22.3 (19.1–24.9)	22.0 (16.8–24.4)	22.6 (13.1–24.7)	22.3 (16.2–24.9)
Adiponectin (median, range; μg/mL)	10.2* (4.6–22.1)	9.4* (3.8–19.3)	9.0 (4.2–17.9)	8.6 (3.8–19.4)	8.3 (2.9–18.9)	8.2 * (2.7–14.4)	8.6 (3.31–17.4)
Table 1B. Demographic and characteristics of over weight pregnant women (BMI>25) and plasma adiponectin concentrations according to gestational age at sampling.
	11–14 Weeks (n=37)	15–18 Weeks (n=32)	19–22 Weeks (n=34)	23–26 Weeks (n=31)	27–29 Weeks (n=35)	31–34 Weeks (n=35)	>37 Weeks (n=72)
Maternal age (median, range; years)	27 (16–40)	26 (15–41)	27 (20–38)	30 (20–43)	30 (19–42)	26 (18–43)	28 (15–43)
GA at delivery (median, range; weeks)	39.2 (37–41)	40.0 (37–42)	39.7 (37–42)	39.8 (37 –42)	40.0 (37–42)	39.4 (38–42)	39.7 (38–42)
BMI at 1st trimester (median, range; kg/m2)	27.5 (25.0–36.9)	26.2 (25.0–35.1)	27.8 (25.0–34.4)	27.3 (25.0–36.7)	27.4 (25.0–40.0)	26.8 (25.0–36.3)	27.4 (25.0–40.1)
Adiponectin (median, range; μg/mL)	7.95 (2.7–16.4)	8.26 (3.8–22.3)	6.5 (4.1–18.7)	6.7 (3.9–16.5)	7.5 (2.9–14.3)	6.5 (3.7–12.7)	7.2 (2.8–19.2)

BMI: Body Mass Index; GA: Gestational Age

^*The significant differences shown by post hoc analysis were: [11–14 weeks / 31–34 weeks] P = 0.022; [15–18 weeks / 31–34 weeks] P = 0.007.