Table 1.

Subject characteristics.

	BMI before pregnancy (kg/m2)	BMI before birth (kg/m2)	Gestational age (weeks)	Placental weight (g)	Fetal sex ratio	Fetal ponderal index (kg/m3)
Control (n=18 )	24.7±6 .1	30.9±7 .3	39±4	638±226	0.52	26.7±2 .7
GDM (n=11 )	27.9±7 .8	33.1±7 .3	38±4 **	700±194	0.55	25.9±2 .6

^**p<0 .01; Fetal sex ratio=number of male/number of female fetuses