. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2014 May 12;76(2):202–210. doi: 10.1038/pr.2014.72

Table 1.

Anthropometric and metabolic parameters of lean and overweight/obese (OW/OB) mothers

	Lean	OW/OB	p value
Anthropometric parameters:
n	12	10
Maternal age (years)	31.0 ± 0.6	28.6 ± 0.7^*	0.021
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m²)	22.28 ± 0.46	31.16 ± 1.11^*	<0.001
Body fat (%) at 4–10 weeks gestation	30.65 ± 0.91	43.80 ± 1.36^*	<0.001
Weight at 36 weeks gestation (kg)	73.63 ± 2.00	90.46 ± 3.36^*	<0.001
Gestational Weight gain (kg)	13.23 ± 0.53	9.61 ± 0.81^*	<0.001
Gestational Length (weeks)	38.9 ± 0.2	39.3 ± 0.3	0.394

Plasma metabolic parameters:
Insulin (μU/mL, fasting)	8.61 ± 1.67	16.47 ± 2.42^*	0.013
Glucose (mg/dL, fasting)	77.76 ± 1.28	78.51 ± 2.21	0.520
Leptin (ng/ml)	13.44 ± 1.48	20.27 ± 2.43^*	0.022
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	95.50 ± 9.61	125.03 ± 25.95	0.267
IL-6 (pg/ml)	1.67 ± 0.26	2.16 ± 0.24	0.184
NEFAs (nmol/L)	0.45 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.04	0.487

Insulin, glucose, leptin, triglycerides, IL-6 and NEFAs were measured in mom’s plasma collected at 30 weeks gestation.

indicates a statistically significant difference between Lean and OW/OB mom groups (p<0.05).