Table 8 Associations between maternal blood lipids and risk of SGA across different gestational weight gain strata.

From: Association between maternal blood lipids levels during pregnancy and risk of small-for-gestational-age infants

Lipid

Unadjusted

Inadequate GWG

Appropriate GWG

Excessive GWG

OR (95%CI)

P value

aOR (95%CI) d

P value

aOR (95%CI) d

P value

aOR (95%CI)a

P value

Second

TC

0.823 (0.734–0.923)

0.001

0.603 (0.225–1.672)

0.332

0.898 (0.629–1.582)

0.645

0.753 (0.427–1.713)

0.400

TG

0.803 (0.684–0.935)

0.006

1.014 (0.671–1.470)

0.944

0.900 (0.687–1.148)

0.421

0.920 (0.559–1.392)

0.719

HDL-C

0.771 (0.611–0.967)

0.026

1.147 (0.444–2.661)

0.770

0.642 (0.360–1.030)

0.094

1.205 (0.527–2.314)

0.619

LDL-C

0.843 (0.732–0.969)

0.017

1.316 (0.474–3.525)

0.596

1.033 (0.586–1.427)

0.889

1.108 (0.450–2.304)

0.799

Third

TC

0.976 (0.894–1.038)

0.557

0.995 (0.757–1.088)

0.958

0.496 (0.333–0.741)

0.001

0.545 (0.236–1.078)

0.156

TG

0.845 (0.767–0.926)

 < 0.001

1.022 (0.847–1.260)

0.816

1.060 (0.919–1.156)

0.283

0.891 (0.619–1.243)

0.518

HDL-C

1.534 (1.268–1.846)

 < 0.001

1.567 (1.022–2.607)

0.042

1.900 (1.301–2.738)

0.001

2.525 (1.217–5.235)

0.013

LDL-C

1.012 (0.904–1.132)

0.828

0.824 (0.628–1.381)

0.215

1.904 (1.241–2.935)

0.003

1.567 (0.697–3.818)

0.319

  1. aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, LDL-C/HDL-C low-density/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-cholesterol, GWG gestational weight gain, SGA small for gestational age.
  2. aAdjusted for maternal age, marriage status, race, gravidity, parity, gestational age at birth, infant gender, maternal height, weight before pregnancy, anemia and FBG.
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