Table 2.

Statistics on length, weight, head circumference and BMI at follow-up of offspring from women with GDM

			Compared to WHO reference				Compared to Danish reference
			Estimate	95%-CI		p-value	Estimate	95%-CI		p-value
At age appr. 5 weeks	Length
		Boys	0.61	0.33	0.89	<0.001***	0.19	-0.06	0.44	0.14
		Girls	0.68	0.30	1.05	0.001**	0.37	0.02	0.72	0.04*
	Weight
		Boys	-0.17	-0.39	0.55	0.14	-0.26	-0.48	-0.05	0.02*
		Girls	-0.11	-0.40	0.17	0.42	-0.19	-0.48	0.11	0.21
	Head circ.
		Boys	0.07	-0.18	0.31	0.60	-0.37	-0.58	-0.16	<0.001***
		Girls	0.12	-0.15	0.40	0.36	-0.15	-0.40	0.10	0.23
	BMI
		Boys	-0.71	-0.94	-0.50	<0.001***	-0.62	-0.83	-0.41	<0.001***
At age appr. 5 months		Girls	-0.66	-0.96	-0.36	<0.001***	-0.65	-0.99	-0.30	<0.001***
	Length
		Boys	0.86	0.60	1.13	<0.001***	0.52	0.27	0.76	<0.001***
		Girls	1.17	0.87	1.47	<0.001***	0.79	0.50	1.08	<0.001***
	Weight
		Boys	0.29	0.06	0.52	0.01*	-0.01	-0.22	0.20	0.93
		Girls	0.33	0.09	0.59	0.008**	0.04	-0.02	0.29	0.72
	Head circ.					p-value
		Boys	0.41	0.16	0.67	0.002**	-0.89	-0.32	0.14	0.44
		Girls	0.42	0.12	0.72	0.007**	-0.04	-0.35	0.26	0.78
	BMI
		Boys	-0.27	-0.53	0.0	0.046*	-0.36	-0.61	-0.11	0.005**
		Girls	-0.41	-0.66	-0.16	0.002**	-0.53	-0.79	-0.27	<0.001***

Abbreviations: GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, 95%-CI 95 % confidence interval. Estimates are given on the standardized scale (SD-score). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001