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 2

Comparisons of maternal parameters by one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) across neonatal birth weight tertiles.

Neonatal birth weight tertiles*; (mean weight ± SD)	1st tertile (2.89±0.1)	2nd tertile (3.16±0.07)	3rd tertile (3.44±0.19)	𝑃
Maternal parameters
2 hr postload glucose (mmol/L)	5.94±0.77	5.99±0.89	6.84±0.97	0.029*
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.77±0.67	4.77±0.42	4.95±0.38	0.62
Initial BMI (Kg/m^2)	27.2±8.0	28.4±9.1	29.3±6.6	0.81
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	118.5±11.5	114.2±6.8	109.2±10.9	0.09
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	66.9±7.1	64±7.7	62±6.7	0.26
BMI at late gestation (Kg/m^2)	31.4±8.3	32.1±8.0	33.9±6.2	0.71
Maternal weight gain (Kg)	10.1±5.6	9.07±4.5	10.9±5.4	0.68
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.27±0.68	2.20±1.0	2.3±0.57	0.96
Age (years)	30.9±5.07	28.1±4.1	31.6±3.7	0.13

Birth weight range (2.7–3.9 Kg).
*Tertiles (weight range (Kg): 1st (2.70–3.04, 𝑛=12), 2nd (3.05–3.24, 𝑛=12), 3rd (3.25–3.90, 𝑛=12).
Tukey’s test was used for post hoc comparison of means between each pair of groups.
Results presented as mean ± standard deviation, significance 𝑃<0.05.