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

Table 3

Comparisons of body size and shape and metabolic characteristics at 3 months of age between NCUG and CUG groups.

	NCUG	CUG	t	𝑃
	𝑛=12	𝑛=32
Weight (kg)	4753.33±137.33	5403.44±385.78	8.241	.000
Weight (SDS)	−2.42±0.55	−1.51±0.49	5.333	.000
Length (cm)	56.46±1.31	58.14±1.11	4.272	.000
Length (SDS)	−3.00±0.58	−1.83±0.69	5.247	.000
BMI (kg/cm^2)	14.92±0.55	15.98±1.01	4.412	.000
FG (mmol/L)	4.18±0.58	4.32±0.64	0.636	.528
FI (mIU/L)	21.92±14.26	10.76±4.69	—	—
log10FI	1.25±0.30	0.99±0.19	3.422	.001
HOMA	4.15±2.96	2.11±1.06	—	—
log10HOMA	0.52±0.32	0.27±0.22	2.913	.006

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.