Maternal OGTT Glucose Levels at 26–30 Gestational Weeks with Offspring Growth and Development in Early Infancy
Table 2
Comparison of Z-scores for body length and weight-for-length from birth to months 3, 6, 9, and 12 according to maternal OGTT at 26–30 gestational weeks.
Total
Maternal OGTT at 26–30 gestational weeks
for differences
Normal GCT
+GCT and normal OGTT
IGT or IFG
New DM
Birth for gestational weeks
Number of subjects
27 157
23 508
2229
1276
144
Length-for-gestational age Z-score
−0.06 (0.91)
−0.08 (0.90)
−0.02 (0.91)
0.07 (0.91)
0.23 (1.16)
0.001
Weight-for-length Z-score
0.03 (1.00)
−0.001 (0.98)
0.15 (1.01)
0.27 (1.08)
0.57 (1.27)
0.001
3 months
Number of subjects
24 722
21 421
2017
1154
130
Length-for-age Z-score
0.86 (1.03)
0.87 (1.03)
0.81 (1.02)
0.79 (1.02)
0.79 (1.20)
0.007
Weight-for-length Z-score
0.38 (1.04)
0.37 (1.04)
0.45 (1.06)
0.40 (1.06)
0.30 (1.07)
0.007
6 months
Number of subjects
25 400
21 960
2110
1195
135
Length-for-age Z-score
0.97 (1.06)
0.98 (1.05)
0.93 (1.05)
0.89 (1.05)
0.82 (1.07)
0.006
Weight-for-length Z-score
0.70 (1.04)
0.70 (1.03)
0.72 (1.08)
0.70 (1.07)
0.69 (1.13)
0.701
9 months
Number of subjects
22 920
19 820
1897
1089
114
Length-for-age Z-score
0.87 (1.04)
0.88 (1.04)
0.82 (1.03)
0.81 (1.04)
0.78 (1.00)
0.007
Weight-for-length Z-score
0.76 (1.00)
0.75 (1.00)
0.79 (1.00)
0.74 (1.02)
0.80 (1.05)
0.425
12 months
Number of subjects
23 444
20 203
1988
1130
123
Length-for-age Z-score
0.76 (1.04)
0.77 (1.04)
0.71 (1.01)
0.68 (1.00)
0.70 (1.08)
0.002
Weight-for-length Z-score
0.79 (0.98)
0.78 (0.98)
0.86 (0.96)
0.81 (0.98)
0.84 (1.09)
0.002
Data are mean (SD). OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; IFG: impaired fasting glucose; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; New DM: newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
