Adiponectin and Omentin Levels as Predictive Biomarkers of Preterm Birth in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Correlation between adiponectin and omentin, maternal age, gravidity, gestational age at delivery, baby’s birthweight, and BMI.

	GDM		GDM and threatened preterm labor		GDM and preterm birth		Uncomplicated pregnancy
	Adiponectin		Adiponectin		Adiponectin		Adiponectin
	R	p	R	p	R	P	R	p
Omentin	0.801	p<0.001	0.824	p<0.001	0.705	p<0.001	0.764	p<0.001
Maternal age (years)	- 0.365	p<0.01	-0.257	NS	-0.483	p<0.05	-0.187	NS
Gravidity	-0.352	p< 0.01	-0.039	NS	-0.003	NS	-0.093	NS
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	-0.173	NS	0.022	NS	-0.211	NS	-0.024	NS
Baby birthweight (g)	-0.138	NS	-0.058	NS	-0.458	p<0.05	0.083	NS
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.828	p<0.001	-0.868	p<0.001	-0.814	p<0.001	-0.630	p<0.01
BMI at sampling (kg/m^2)	-0.799	p<0.001	-0.792	p<0.001	-0.703	p<0.01	-0.539	p<0.01
BMI at delivery (kg/m^2)	-0.822	p<0.001	-0.758	p<0.001	-0.738	p<0.001	-0.447	p<0.01
Gestational age at sampling	-0.053	NS	0.082	NS	-0.476	p<0.05	0.011	NS
Estimated fetal weight at sampling	-0.003	NS	-0.049	NS	-0.458	p<0.05	0.018	NS

GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus.
BMI: body mass index.
R: Spearman's correlation coefficient.
p: statistical significance.
NS: statistically not significant.