Table 3.

Linear regression analysis (univariate and multivariate) of the association of neonatal MCHr with categorical factors of interest.

	Standardized Coefficients	95% CI	p
Univariate
Neonatal MCHr
Maternal diabetes	0.22	0.06-0.61	0.003†
Maternal obesity (beginning of pregnancy)	0.95	0.44-2.36	0.180
Maternal obesity (end of pregnancy)	0.75	0.36-1.87	0.183
Prematurity	0.42	0.02-1.42	0.566
Small-for-gestational-age status	0.40	0.18-1.88	0.598
Preeclampsia	0.18	0.06-0.90	0.015†
Maternal anemia	0.17	0.07-2.03	0.837
Multivariate
Neonatal MCHr
Maternal diabetes	0.21	0.05-0.58	0.003†
Preeclampsia	0.17	0.02-0.92	0.019†

MCHr, mean reticulocyte hemoglobin content; CI, confidence intervals; BMI, body mass index.

Amongst the perinatal factors, only those with a significant effect in univariate analysis, with a p-value cut-off value <0.05, were included in the multivariate model.

†, statistically significant.