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. 2013 Jul 1;8(7):e67966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067966

Table 2. Secondary outcomes among children born post-term or at term.

Post-term children Term children p-value
n 36 41
Glucose homeostasis Acute insulin response (mU/l) 418 (339–516) 304 (235–392) 0.037
Glucose effectiveness (10-2/min) 2.25 (1.52–3.33) 3.11 (2.01–4.83) 0.047
Disposition index 3539 (2406–5205) 3576 (2271–5630) 0.95
Fasting insulin (mU/l) 5.72 (4.38–7.49) 5.20 (3.76–7.19) 0.43
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) 86.1 (82.9–89.2) 87.2 (83.4–91.0) 0.43
Hormone concentrations Leptin (ng/ml) 6.96 (4.99–8.92) 4.49 (2.13–6.86) 0.008
Adiponectin (μg/ml) 7.82 (4.64–9.20) 10.75 (9.32–12.17) 0.005
IGF-I (ng/ml) 204 (168–240) 200 (157–243) 0.78
IGFBP-1 (ng/ml) 10.6 (7.8–13.5) 17.6 (14.6–20.5) 0.002
Androstenedione (nmol/l) 0.44 (0.33–0.54) 0.59 (0.48–0.70) 0.055
DHEAS (nmol/l) 4.59 (2.53–6.66) 6.12 (3.59–8.64) 0.11
24-hour blood pressure monitoring Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 73.4 (70.0–76.8) 76.2 (72.0–80.5) 0.09
Nocturnal systolic dipping (%) 9.7 (6.2–13.2) 13.5 (9.2–17.8) 0.027
Nocturnal diastolic dipping (%) 15.6 (11.1–20.1) 19.4 (13.8–25.1) 0.079
Inflammatory markers CRP (ng/ml) 457 (63–851) 490 (6–974) 0.86
Uric acid (μmol/l) 229 (211–247) 201 (181–220) 0.033

Data are means and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for other confounding factors in the multivariate models.