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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 May 20;45(1):247–257. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0596-5

Table 3. Adjusted associations of maternal mid-gestation FPG with birthweight and birthweight z-score stratified by placental inositol tertiles.

FPG (mmol/L) Birthweight (g) Birthweight z-score (SDs)
P for interaction * 0.028 0.012

Tertiles of inositol Inositol z-score, range β § (95% CI) P value β § (95% CI) P value

Whole sample

Lowest (n=245 ) -3.337, -0.470 174.2 (81.2, 267.2) <0.001 0.6 (0.3, 0.9) <0.001
Middle (n=240 ) -0.469, 0.336 202.0 (103.8, 300.1) <0.001 0.7 (0.4, 1.0) <0.001
Highest (n=239 ) 0.337, 3.990 81.0 (-21.2, 183.2) 0.120 0.2 (-0.1, 0.6) 0.177

Cases of normoglycaemia #

Lowest (n=189 ) -3.337, -0.470 175.0 (54.4, 295.6) 0.005 0.6 (0.2, 1) 0.003
Middle (n=198 ) -0.469, 0.336 136.9 (1.1, 272.7) 0.048 0.5 (0, 0.9) 0.041
Highest (n=199 ) 0.337, 3.914 114.0 (-24.1, 252) 0.105 0.3 (-0.1, 0.7) 0.193

Cases of gestational diabetes (GDM) ††

Lowest (n=56 ) -3.096, -0.481 239.3 (64.0, 414.6) 0.009 0.9 (0.3, 1.5) 0.002
Middle (n=42 ) -0.436, 0.315 181.9 (4.3, 359.4) 0.045 0.6 (0, 1.1) 0.040
Highest (n=40 ) 0.355, 3.990 -78.9 (-308.2, 150.5) 0.488 -0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) 0.280

Adjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, parity, pre-pregnancy BMI, tobacco smoke exposure, gestational age, and neonatal sex.

Adjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, parity, pre-pregnancy BMI, and tobacco smoke exposure.

*

Interaction between placental inositol tertiles and FPG on birthweight/birthweight z-score with adjustment for covariates in the whole sample.

§

Beta (β) represents the change in g or SDs per mmol/L increase in FPG.

Only cases with full data sets available are presented.

#

Defined as those with normal oral glucose tolerance test by the WHO 1999 criteria.

††

Abnormal oral glucose tolerance test by the WHO 1999 criteria (FPG ≥7.0 mmol/L or 2hPG ≥7.8 mmol/L) FPG, fasting plasma glucose; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.