Table 2 Neonatal anthropometry and body composition measured in the offspring according to maternal gestational weight gain (GWG).

From: The associations between maternal BMI and gestational weight gain and health outcomes in offspring at age 1 and 7 years

 

Excessive GWG

Adequate GWG

p-value

n

53

24

 

Birth weight SDS

0.13 (− 0.11, 0.36)

− 0.15 (− 0.50, 0.20)

0.20

Birth length SDS

0.40 (0.11, 0.68)

0.44 (0.02, 0.85)

0.43

Ponderal index (g/cm3)

2.65 (2.59, 2.72)

2.63 (2.54, 2.73)

0.76

Total body fat (%)

8.3 (7.6, 9.0)

8.5 (7.3, 9.6)

0.82

  1. Data are model-adjusted means and the respective 95% confidence intervals (CI) derived from general linear models, including maternal body mass index (BMI) in mid-gestation, and adjusted for child’s sex, gestational age at birth, and trial group allocation; mid-parental height SDS was also added as a covariate for length SDS.
  2. Body composition (total body fat) was measured at 2 to 3 weeks postpartum.
  3. SDS, standard deviation score.
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