2-Hour Postload Serum Glucose Levels and Maternal Blood Pressure as Independent Predictors of Birth Weight in “Appropriate for Gestational Age” Neonates in Healthy Nondiabetic Pregnancies

Table 1

Maternal anthropometrics and biochemical measures.

	Mean ± standard deviation	Normal values
Maternal parameters
Age years	30.2±4.5	—
Initial BMI (Kg/m^2)	28.3±7.8	—
BMI at late gestation (Kg/m^2)	32.5±7.5	—
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	114±10.5	90–119^1
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	64.3±7.2	70–79^1
Parity (no. of pregnancies)	3.13±2.2	—
Gestational period (weeks)	38.9±1.6	38–42
Maternal weight gain (Kg)
Normal weight women: BMI > 18.5 (𝑛=14)	11.7±4.2	11.3–15.8^2
Obese: BMI > 30 (𝑛=22)	9.0±5.4	6.8–11.3^2
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.8±0.5	<5.1^3
2 hr postload glucose (mmol/L)	6.3±0.95	<7.8^3
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.25±0.78	<1.7^3
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.9±1.4	<2.6^3
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.64±0.39	>1.3^3
Infant characteristics
Neonatal birth weight (weight Kg)	3.17±0.26	2.5–4^4
Males (weight Kg)§ (𝑛=17)	3.2±0.2^𝑁𝑆	2.5–4^4
Females (weight Kg) (𝑛=19)	3.1±0.29

§There are no established differences between neonate males and females at birth.
^NSNo significant differences were found between neonate males and females at birth in this study.
¹[51], ²[35], ³[52], and ⁴[34].