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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2019 Jan 15;62(4):598–610. doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4809-6

Table 4.

Sex-specific fully adjusted associations of continuous measures of maternal glucose and HbA1c during pregnancy with dichotomous adiposity outcomes among children at follow-up



Predictor Boys Girls Interaction term p valuec


OR (95% CI) p valuea C statistic OR (95% CI) p valueb C statistic


IOTF overweight/obese
 Fasting glucose 1.05 (0.96, 1.17) 0.33 0.73 1.04 (0.93, 1.16) 0.48 0.76 0.82
 1 h glucose 1.10 (1.00, 1.22) 0.06 0.73 1.10 (0.99, 1.23) 0.08 0.76 0.98
 2 h glucose 1.14 (1.03, 1.26) 0.01* 0.73 1.03 (0.93, 1.15) 0.55 0.76 0.12
 HbA1c 1.10 (0.99, 1.23) 0.07 0.73 1.14 (1.02, 1.27) 0.03* 0.76 0.74
IOTF obesity
 Fasting glucose 1.07 (0.93, 1.24) 0.34 0.76 1.26 (1.08, 1.47) 0.003** 0.81 0.03*
 1 h glucose 1.14 (0.99, 1.32) 0.06 0.76 1.12 (0.96, 1.30) 0.16 0.80 0.66
 2 h glucose 1.31 (1.14, 1.50) <0.001*** 0.77 1.14 (0.98, 1.32) 0.10 0.80 0.08
 HbA1c 1.21 (1.04, 1.42) 0.02* 0.77 1.18 (0.99, 1.40) 0.62 0.80 0.98
BOD % fat >85th percentiled
 Fasting glucose 1.12 (0.99, 1.28) 0.07 0.66 1.18 (1.03, 1.34) 0.01* 0.72 0.36
 1 h glucose 1.18 (1.05, 1.33) 0.01* 0.67 1.19 (1.05, 1.36) 0.01* 0.72 0.77
 2 h glucose 1.23 (1.09-1.39) <0.001*** 0.67 1.08 (0.95, 1.22) 0.24 0.72 0.04*
 HbA1c 1.22 (1.07, 1.39) 0.003** 0.67 1.03 (0.90, 1.19) 0.63 0.71 0.12
Waist circumference >85th percentiled
 Fasting glucose 1.08 (0.95, 1.22) 0.25 0.65 1.11 (0.97, 1.27) 0.13 0.73 0.39
 1 h glucose 1.12 (0.99, 1.27) 0.06 0.66 1.20 (1.05, 1.36) 0.01* 0.74 0.79
 2 h glucose 1.20 (1.06, 1.35) 0.003** 0.66 1.14 (1.00, 1.29) 0.04* 0.73 0.29
 HbA1c 1.21 (1.06, 1.37) 0.005** 0.66 1.08 (0.94, 1.25) 0.27 0.73 0.24
Sum of skinfolds >85th percentiled
 Fasting glucose 1.07 (0.95, 1.22) 0.27 0.65 1.26 (1.11, 1.43) <0.001*** 0.70 0.07
 1 h glucose 1.14 (1.01, 1.29) 0.03* 0.65 1.26 (1.11, 1.43) <0.001*** 0.70 0.41
 2 h glucose 1.19 (1.06, 1.35) 0.004** 0.66 1.23 (1.09, 1.39) 0.001** 0.70 0.96
 HbA1c 1.19 (1.04, 1.35) 0.009** 0.65 1.10 (0.96, 1.27) 0.17 0.69 0.63

ORs for the dichotomous outcomes are for the continuous predictors higher by one SD estimated in the original HAPO data: fasting glucose 0.4 mmol/l; 1 h glucose 1.7 mmol/l; 2 h glucose 1.3 mmol/l; HbA1c 5.0 mmol/mol (0.45%). Models are adjusted for field centre for being overweight/obesity and IOTF obesity outcomes, child pubertal status (Tanner Stage 1, 2/3, 4/5), maternal variables during pregnancy OGTT (age, height, any family history of diabetes, mean arterial pressure, parity [0, 1+], smoking [yes/no], alcohol [yes/no], gestational age, maternal BMI during pregnancy

a

p value from regression model for boys only

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01, and

***

p<0.001

b

p value from regression model for girls only

*

p<0.05 and

**

p<0.01

c

p value for sex × maternal predictor interaction term from regression model including boys and girls

*

p<0.05 and

**

p<0.01

d

85th percentiles were determined using quantile regression adjusted for age, sex, and field centre