Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the subjects and their offspring.

Characteristic	Lean (n=7)	Overweight (n=5)	Obese (n=8)
Maternal age (years)	24 ± 7	22 ± 2	24 ± 5 ^NS
Gestational age (weeks)	39 ± 1	39 ± 2	39 ± 1 ^NS
BMI at delivery (kg/m²)	23.6 ± 1.3 ^§	28.5 ± 0.7 ^§	37.2 ± 2.2 ^§
Fetal weight (grams)	2906 ± 383 ^¶	3167 ± 319	3607 ± 696 ^¶
Mode of delivery (VD:CS)	2:5	3:2	2:6

All data are mean ± SD.

^NS

not significant,

^§

p<0.001 all groups,

^¶

p<0.05 lean v obese (one way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test). VD; vaginal delivery and CS; Caesarian section.