. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 22.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Jun 22;26(8):1347–1356. doi: 10.1002/oby.22246

Table 1.

Maternal and Newborn Characteristics of NW and Obese Subjects

Maternal Characteristics
	Normal Weight (n=27)	Obese (n=27)
Age (yrs)	30.5 ± 0.63	29.8 ± 0.80
Pre-Pregnancy BMI (kg/m²)	22.3 ± 0.34	31.7 ± 0.62^*
Gestational Weight Gain (kg)	13.7 ± 0.84	14.2 ± 1.6
Primigravida (% total)	14 (51.9)	11 (40.7)
Caucasian (% total)	25 (92.6)	25 (92.6)
Newborn Characteristics
	Normal Weight (n=26)	Obese (n=19)
Gestational Age at Delivery (wks)	39.7 ± 0.2	39.7 ± 0.23
Cesarean (% total)	23%	37%
Birthweight (grams)	3258.0 ± 73.6	3557.6 ± 107.8^*
Female (% total)	50%	32%
2-wk NB %fat	8.9 ± 0.72	11.0 ± 1.2
2-wk Total Mass (grams)	3864.8 ± 95.4	4122.5 ± 136.9

Data are mean ± SEM; NB = newborn

Indicates NW vs. OB, p = 0.004