Table 2.

The maternal plasma levels of acylcarnitine (AC) at the second trimester in 450 pregnant women according to different neonate subgroups. Values are presented as the mean ± SD; ^∗P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.

	Birth weight (g)				P value	Abdomen circumference (cm)			P value	Abdomen-head circumference (cm)			P value
	<2800	2800-3500	3500-4000 g	>4000 g		<32	32-35	>35		<2	2-5	5
C0	23.38 ± 5.23	21.37 ± 4.77	18.52 ± 3.13	16.40 ± 4.74	0.026∗	23.15 ± 3.80	20.22 ± 5.18	16.11 ± 4.04	0.018∗	23.19 ± 5.16	21.08 ± 4.06	16.61 ± 3.14	0.014∗
C2	2.30 ± 0.82	2.42 ± 0.78	2.49 ± 0.67	2.56 ± 0.78	0.023∗	1.84 ± 0.49	2.55 ± 0.82	2.73 ± 0.76	0.023∗	2.20 ± 0.82	2.47 ± 0.76	2.57 ± 0.66	0.033∗
C3	0.46 ± 0.18	0.51 ± 0.16	0.53 ± 0.17	0.56 ± 0.18	0.014∗	0.52 ± 0.14	0.54 ± 0.16	0.57 ± 0.18	0.024∗	0.44 ± 0.164	0.51 ± 0.18	0.55 ± 0.17	0.013∗
C5	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.037∗	0.05 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.025∗	0.04 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.026∗
C16	0.42 ± 0.12	0.44 ± 0.18	0.47 ± 0.20	0.44 ± 0.16	0.027∗	0.42 ± 0.10	0.43 ± 0.12	0.47 ± 0.17	0.026∗	0.41 ± 0.12	0.44 ± 0.18	0.48 ± 0.20	0.015∗
C18:1	0.48 ± 0.15	0.50 ± 0.17	0.52 ± 0.17	0.55 ± 0.14	0.017∗	0.48 ± 0.12	0.49 ± 0.15	0.52 ± 0.16	0.207	0.48 ± 0.15	0.49 ± 0.16	0.49 ± 0.18	0.123