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. 2021 Mar 5;45(4):547–557. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2020.0078

Table 2.

Results of fetal biometry and FAORs in subjects with NGT, GDM, and GDM subgroups according to maternal age and prepregnancy BMI

Variable NGT (n=4,822) Total GDM (n=332) GDM
Group 1 (n=125) Group 2 (n=21) Group 3 (n=144) Group 4 (n=42)
Fetal biometry
 GA-LMP, wkd 35.9±1.3 35.6±1.6b 35.4±1.6b 35.8±1.3 35.8±1.5 35.4±1.8a
 GA-BPD, wk 37.2±2.1 36.9±2.3a 36.7±2.2a 37.4±2.4 37.1±2.3 36.6±2.6a
 GA-AC, wk 38.0±2.2 38.3±2.7a 37.6±2.8a 39.1±2.3a 38.7±2.5b 38.4±2.6
 GA-FL, wk 36.9±1.8 36.7±1.9 36.4±2.0b 37.4±1.4 36.9±1.8 36.6±2.1
 EFW, g 2,653±305 2,660±370 2,576±377a 2,780±338 2,717±354a 2,651±380
FAOR
 GA-AC/GA-LMPd 1.06±0.05 1.08±0.06c 1.06±0.06 1.09 ±0.05a 1.08±0.06c 1.09±0.05b
 GA-AC/GA-BPD 1.02±0.06 1.04±0.06c 1.03±0.07 1.05±0.06 1.05±0.06c 1.05±0.07b
 GA-AC/GA-FL 1.03±0.05 1.04±0.06c 1.04±0.06 1.05±0.06 1.05±0.06c 1.05±0.05a

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. Group 1 (age <35 years and BMI <25 kg/m2); Group 2 (age <35 years and BMI ≥25 kg/m2); Group 3 (age ≥35 years and BMI <25 kg/m2); Group 4 (age ≥35 years and BMI ≥25 kg/m2).

FAOR, fetal abdominal overgrowth ratio; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; GA-LMP, gestational age by last menstruation period; GA-BPD, estimated gestational age by biparietal diameter; GA-AC, estimated gestational age by abdominal circumference; GA-FL, estimated gestational age by femur length; EFW, estimated fetal weight.

a

P<0.05 compared with NGT,

b

P<0.001 compared with NGT,

c

P<0.0001 compared with NGT,

d

Gestational age by LMP near term.