No Weight Catch-Up Growth of SGA Infants Is Associated with Impaired Insulin Sensitivity during the Early Postnatal Period

Table 2

Comparisons of birth size and shape and metabolic characteristics at 3 days of life between NCUG and CUG groups.

	NCUG	CUG	t/χ ^2	𝑃
	𝑛=12	𝑛=32
Weight (kg)	1855.83±338.91	2049.38±348.84	1.651	.106
Weight (SDS)	−1.99±0.53	−2.15±0.54	0.890	.378
Length (cm)	42.92±2.57	44.13±2.79	1.305	.199
Length (SDS)	−1.81±0.95	−2.00±0.96	0.606	.548
PI (g/cm^3)	2.28±0.34	2.39±0.27	0.992	.328
FG (mmol/L)	3.68±0.91	4.12±0.93	1.413	.165
FI (mIU/L)	11.08±9.60	12.68±9.79	—	—
log10FI	0.91±0.38	0.98±0.34	0.619	.539
HOMA	1.86±1.71	2.39±2.19	—	—
log10HOMA	0.11±0.42	0.23±0.37	0.933	.356

Data are expressed as mean±SD. FI and HOMA were logarithmically transformed (log₁₀) before the analysis to approach normal distribution. All statistical comparisons were performed with unpaired Student’s t test—indicates not applicable.