Table 2.

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

	Lean mom	OW/OB mom	p value
Anthropometric parameters:
n	12	10
Baby’s gender (male/female)	9/3	8/2
Birth weight (kg)	3.65 ± 0.17	3.65 ± 0.12	0.987
Birth length (cm)	51.75 ± 0.90	51.05 ± 0.80	0.576
Body mass at 2 weeks (kg)	3.83 ± 0.15	3.82 ± 0.12	0.962
Fat mass at 2 wks (%)	13.24 ± 1.25	14.89 ± 1.22	0.361
C-section (yes/no)	6/6	4/6
Plasma metabolic parameters:
Insulin (ng/mL)	5.81 ± 0.96	8.53 ± 1.62	0.150
Glucose (mg/dL)	64.52 ± 3.54	71.47 ± 3.77	0.196
Leptin (ng/mL)	2.89 ± 0.53	6.42 ± 1.38*	0.027
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	24.96 ± 3.28	24.15 ± 4.72	0.887
IL-6 (pg/mL)	8.88 ± 3.26	5.98 ± 2.24	0.500
NEFAs (nmol/L)	0.22 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.03	0.574

Insulin, glucose, leptin, triglycerides, IL-6 and NEFAs were measured in umbilical cord plasma collected at the time of birth.

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