Table 1.

Maternal and Fetal Characteristics.

	Lean (n = 6)	Obese (n = 12)
Pre/early pregnancy BMI, kg/m2	21.2 ± 1.1	34.0 ± 1.0 a
Gestational age, weeks	39.3 ± 0.5	39.2 ± 0.2
Maternal weight gain, (lbs)	23.8 ± 3.9	15.8 ± 3.0
Birth weight, g	3262 ± 127	3418 ± 91
Parity	1.5 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.3
Maternal age at delivery, years	30.8 ± 1.5	26.6 ± 2.3
Ethnicity (Hispanic/non-Hispanic)	5/1	9/3

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LN, lean.

^a P < .0001 versus LN.