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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jun 9;39(10):1437–1442. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.109

Table 2.

Pre-pregnant BMI and GWG associated with infant cardio-metabolic outcomes at birth

Cord Blood
Outcome
Maternal Exposure Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
n β 95% CI p-value β 95% CI p-value β 95% CI p-value
Glucose Pre-pregnant BMI 726 0.18 (−0.05, 0.42) 0.129 0.17 (−0.07, 0.42) 0.163 0.19 (−0.05, 0.44) 0.115
GWG 726 0.26 (0.03, 0.49) 0.026 0.25 (−0.01, 0.49) 0.042 0.27 (0.04, 0.51) 0.024
Insulin Pre-pregnant BMI 695 0.1 (0.02, 0.18) 0.01 0.07 (−0.01, 0.14) 0.092 0.07 (−0.01, 0.15) 0.074
GWG 695 0.09 (0.02, 0.17) 0.016 0.05 (−0.02, 0.13) 0.179 0.07 (−0.01, 0.14) 0.082
Glucose/Insulin Ratio Pre-pregnant BMI 695 −0.14 (−0.23, −0.05) 0.003 −0.09 (−0.09, −0.19) 0.053 −0.09 (−0.19, −0.01) 0.05
GWG 695 −0.13 (−0.22, −0.04) 0.006 −0.07 (−0.17, 0.02) 0.112 −0.09 (−0.18, −0.01) 0.048
HDL-c Pre-pregnant BMI 625 −0.09 (−0.18, −0.01) 0.05 −0.12 (−0.22, −0.03) 0.011 −0.11 (−0.21, −0.02) 0.019
GWG 625 0.04 (−0.05, 0.13) 0.369 0.01 (−0.09, 0.10) 0.903 0.02 (−0.07, 0.12) 0.627
Non-HDL-c Pre-pregnant BMI 686 −0.16 (−0.42, 0.11) 0.239 −0.18 (−0.44, 0.09) 0.2 −0.19 (−0.45, 0.08) 0.176
GWG 686 0.18 (−0.08, 0.44) 0.177 0.16 (−0.11, 0.42) 0.251 0.15 (−0.11, 0.42) 0.25
Triglycerides Pre-pregnant BMI 675 0.01 (−0.50, 0.51) 0.984 0.13 (−0.38, 0.64) 0.624 0.06 (−0.46, 0.56) 0.82
GWG 675 −0.08 (−0.57, 0.41) 0.757 0.07 (−0.44, 0.57) 0.792 −0.03 (−0.53, 0.47) 0.9
Free Fatty Acids Pre-pregnant BMI 652 −0.09 (−1.94, 1.76) 0.925 0.2 (−1.70, 2.10) 0.838 0.4 (−1.49, 2.30) 0.677
GWG 652 −1.07 (−2.91, 0.78) 0.258 −0.77 (−2.67, 1.12) 0.423 −0.76 (−2.62, 1.10) 0.42
Leptin Pre-pregnant BMI 639 0.71 (0.51, 0.90) <0.001 0.57 (0.38, 0.76) <0.001 0.51 (0.33, 0.69) <0.001
GWG 639 0.37 (0.18, 0.56) <0.001 0.24 (0.05, 0.43) 0.013 0.22 (0.04, 0.40) 0.015

Model 1: Adjusted for offspring gestational age, offspring sex, maternal age, gravidity, race/ethnicity, pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking throughout pregnancy and household income; Model 2: Model 1 + offspring birth weight; Model 3: Model 1 + offspring fat mass