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. 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 3.

Pearson correlations, simple and multiple regression models for the total cohort and by group, early and later in gestation. Dependent variable for regression is NB%fat

Entire Cohort Normal-Weight Obese
Early
(n=54)
Later
(n=51)
Early
(n=27)
Later
(n=27)
Early
(n=27)
Later
(n=24)
Pre-Pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 0.12
Total GWG (kg) 0.07
Fasting TG (mg/dL) 0.47* 0.56* 0.04 0.48# 0.60# 0.55#
1-hr PPTG (mg/dL) 0.57* 0.54* 0.14 0.27 0.71* 0.63#
2-hr PPTG (mg/dL) 0.57* 0.58* 0.21 0.47 0.69# 0.61#
TG-AUC (mg*min/dL) 0.53* 0.57* 0.12 0.44 0.66# 0.60#
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL) 0.08 0.25 −0.10 0.07 0.05 0.29
1-hr PP Glucose (mg/dL) 0.25 0.26 0.05 0.29 0.36 0.11
2-hr PP Glucose (mg/dL) 0.40# 0.43# 0.26 0.35 0.39 0.50
Glucose-AUC (mg*min/dL) 0.43# 0.42# 0.10 0.26 0.54 0.47
Total Cohort Early Obese Early
β p R2 β p R2
Simple Regression 0.22 Simple Regression 0.36
  Fasting TG 0.07 ≤ 0.001 Fasting TG 0.08 ≤ 0.01
Multiple Regression 0.32 Multiple Regression 0.58
  Fasting TG 0.06 ≤ 0.01 Fasting TG 0.07 ≤ 0.01
  GLUC-AUC 0.001 0.1 GLUC-AUC 0.001 0.1
Simple Regression 0.32 Simple Regression 0.50
  1-hr PPTG 0.06 ≤ 0.001 1-hr PPTG 0.08 ≤ 0.001
Multiple Regression 0.35 Multiple Regression 0.57
  1-hr PPTG 0.05 ≤ 0.01 1-hr PPTG 0.06 ≤ 0.01
  GLUC-AUC 0.0005 0.2 GLUC-AUC 0.001 0.1
Total Obese Later: Cohort Later:
β p R2 β p R2
Simple Regression 0.31 Simple Regression 0.30
  Fasting TG 0.05 ≤ 0.001 Fasting TG 0.05 ≤ 0.01
Multiple Regression 0.33 Multiple Regression 0.36
  Fasting TG 0.04 ≤ 0.01 Fasting TG 0.04 0.1
  GLUC-AUC 0.0004 0.3 GLUC-AUC 0.001 0.3
Simple Regression 0.29 Simple Regression 0.40
  1-hr PPTG 0.05 ≤ 0.001 1-hr PPTG 0.05 ≤ 0.01
Multiple Regression 0.32 Multiple Regression 0.44
  1-hr PPTG 0.04 ≤ 0.01 1-hr PPTG 0.05 < 0.05
  GLUC-AUC 0.0004 0.2 GLUC-AUC 0.001 0.3

Data are Pearson correlation (r-values) with NB%Fat;

*

indicates p≤0.001,

#

indicates p≤0.01,

indicates p<0.05; GWG= Gestational Weight Gain; PP = postprandial; AUC = area-under-the-curve; IR = insulin resistance; OGTT = oral glucose tolerance test. Fasting FFA (r=0.22); Fasting Insulin (r=0.07); HOMA-IR (r=0.11) for total cohort (all p>0.05) so not added to table.