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. 2011 Jul 18;60(8):2152–2159. doi: 10.2337/db10-1189

TABLE 3.

Total, direct, and indirect effects of maternal plasma glucose during pregnancy, fetal C-peptide, and fetal IGF-I on weight or length at 1 year (N = 339)

Weight at 1 year
Length at 1 year
Girls (n = 150)
Boys (n = 189)*
Girls (n = 150)
Boys (n = 189)*
Total Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect
Maternal glycemia
 Estimate −0.03 0.001 −0.03 0.06 0.04 0.01 −0.08 −0.06 −0.02 −0.04 −0.07 0.02
 SD 0.07 0.07 0.02 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.07 0.07 0.02
 P value 0.70 0.98 0.14 0.39 0.52 0.26 0.30 0.43 0.29 0.50 0.29 0.11
Fetal C-peptide
 Estimate −0.14 −0.23 0.10 0.09 0.04 0.05 −0.09 −0.15 0.06 0.16 0.13 0.03
 SD 0.07 0.07 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.03
 P value 0.06 <0.001 <0.001 0.19 0.56 0.20 0.25 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.07 0.44
Fetal IGF-I
 Estimate 0.31 0.04 0.27 0.10 −0.12 0.22 0.18 0.09 0.09 0.06 −0.07 0.13
 SD 0.08 0.08 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.04
 P value <0.001 0.57 <0.001 0.19 0.14 <0.001 0.03 0.25 0.01 0.44 0.35 <0.001

Boldface type represents P ≤ 0.05 or clinically significant.

*Three boys had missing weight or length at 1 year.