Clinical Study

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 4

Multiple regression summary for neonates appropriate for gestational age (APA).

ModelBeta

12-hr postload glucose0.4010.160.017

22-hr postload glucose 0.4020.3570.003*
Systolic blood pressure−0.4470.004*

Dependent variable: neonatal birth weight (NBW). Independent variables: maternal age, initial BMI, weight gain, serum TG, cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, fasting glucose and postload glucose levels, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. *Significance set at .