Table 1 Belfast HAPO mother and offspring population characteristics

From: The chromosome 3q25 locus associated with fetal adiposity is not associated with childhood adiposity

 

Cohort with genotype and sum of skinfolds data at birth and 2 years

Cohort with genotype and sum of skinfolds data at birth and 6 years

Sample size

293

350

Gestational age at OGTT (week)

29.1±1.2

29.0±1.2

Age at OGTT (year)

30.3±5.2

29.9±5.3

BMI at OGTT (kg m2)

28.5±4.6

28.2±4.2

MAP at OGTT (mm Hg)

83.7±7.9

83.3±8.0

Fasting plasma glucose (mg dl−1)

83.3±6.5

83.1±6.1

1-h plasma glucose (mg dl−1)

134.9±29.2

135.1±29.9

2-h plasma glucose (mg dl−1)

109.7±22.1

109.3±22.3

Gestational age at delivery (week)

40.1±1.1

40.1±1.0

Maternal smoking (%)

59 (20.1%)

88 (25.1%)

Male offspring (n, %)

132 (45.1%)

169 (48.3%)

Primiparous births (n, %)

158 (53.9%)

175 (50.0%)

Offspring birth weight (g)

3455.1±505.1

3457.3±503.9

Offspring birth length (cm)

50.9±2.1

50.8±2.2

Head circumference (cm)

35.1±1.3

35.2±1.3

Fat mass (%)

12.1±3.5

12.1±3.5

Sum of skinfolds at birth (mm)*

12.7, 3.2

12.6, 3.1

Sum of skinfolds at 2 years (mm)*

25.4, 7.1

 

Sum of skinfolds at 6 years (mm)*

 

22.5, 9.9

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance.
  2. ±indicates standard error.
  3. Medians and interquartile ranges are reported for sum of skinfolds measurements because of skewed distributions.