Table 4.
Neonatal outcomes±
| Normal weight N = 65 |
Overweight N = 66 |
Obese N = 127 |
*p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Hypoglycemia | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 0.620 |
| Malformation | 2 (4.4) | 2 (4.0) | 6 q | 0.833 |
| Phototherapy | 14 (23.0) | 10 (16.4) | 37 (37.0) | 0.091 |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | #p-value | |
| Hematocrit (%) | 48.3 ± 5.3 | 51.0 ± 9.3 | 49.6 ± 5.4 | 0.163 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 16.2 ± 1.8 | 16.4 ± 1.9 | 16.3 ± 2.4 | 0.832 |
| Ind. Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 2.0 ± 0.7 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 0.575 |
| White cells (x103/mm3) | 14755 ± 3095.8 | 14786 ± 6627.7 | 14543 ± 4332.8 | 0.975 |
| Red cells (/mm3) | 4.8 ± 0.6 | 4.4 ± 0. 5 | 4.6 ± 0.5 | 0.082 |
| Glucose levels (mg/dL) | 63.4 ± 16.3 | 65.8 ± 25.5 | 66.0 ± 20.5 | 0.091 |
| Hospitalization (days) | 3.0 ± 1.5 | 3.0 ± 1.4 | 3.9 ± 3.9 a,b | 0.005 |
± N = 204 [54 infants with incomplete records]
* Chi-square test
# ANOVA; Tukey test
a statistically different from the control group (p < 0.05)
b statistically different from the overweight group (p < 0.05)