. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 17.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Oct 7;19(3):476–482. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.215

TABLE 1.

Anthropometrics and metabolic characteristics of studied groups

	Lean women n=55	Obese women n=65	p-value
Maternal age (years)	27.9 ± 6.0	27.6 ± 5.7	0.82
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	38.8 ± 0.6	38.8 ± 1.6	0.78
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m²)	22.0 ± 2.0	38.4 ± 6.0	0.0001
Term pregnancy BMI (kg/m²)	28.3 ± 3.3	42.9 ± 6.2	0.0002
HOMA-IR index	2.2 ± 1.2	5.0 ± 3.4	0.0001
Insulin (μU/ml)	11.7 ± 5.6	25.4 ± 12.7	0.0001
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	12.9 ± 0.5	10.5 ± 3.3	0.09
Leptin (ng/ml)	32.6 ± 20.4	73.2 ± 35.6	0.0001

Maternal blood was obtained at the time of admission for elective C-section after overnight fasting. Data are means ± SD.