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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Reprod. 2017 Sep 1;32(9):1941–1947. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dex243

Table III. Association of IVF with maternal glucose concentrations and gestational diabetes mellitus, stratified by first-trimester body mass index.

Unadjusted Adjusteda


Under/normal weight
(BMI < 25 kg/m2)
(n = 661 versus 44)
Overweight/obese
(BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)
(n = 291 versus 26)
Under/normal weight
(BMI < 25 kg/m2)
(n = 645 versus 39)
Overweight/obese
(BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)
(n = 285 versus 24)




ORb (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
GDM    1.44 (0.67–3.09) 3.41 (1.51–7.71) 1.14 (0.51–2.55) 0.744 3.54 (1.44–8.72)    0.006
Mean differenceb (95% CI) Mean differenceb (95% CI) Mean differenceb (95% CI)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)  −0.01 (−0.10–0.13) 0.36 (0.11–0.60) −0.04 (−0.17 to 0.08) 0.524 0.39 (0.13–0.65)    0.003
OGTT 2-hour glucose (mmol/L)    0.54 (0.12–0.97) 1.10 (0.46–1.75) 0.27 (−0.17 to 0.71) 0.227 1.24 (0.56–1.91)  <0.001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence internal; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.

a

Adjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, family history of diabetes, previous history of GDM and delivery of macrosomic babies (>4 kg).

b

Reference to control group of women who conceived spontaneously in the respective BMI group.