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Table 3 Maternal predictors of fetal anthropometric parameters in multivariate analyses (total population)

From: Sex-dependent influence of maternal predictors on fetal anthropometry in pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus

Fetal Anthropometric Parameters

Maternal Predictors

OR / Beta-Coefficient c

95% CI

p-value

Fetal weight centile (%) a

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

0.66 c

0.10

1.23

0.022

Gestational weight gain (kg) until the 1st GDM visit

0.62 c

0.12

1.12

0.016

Excessive weight gain until the 1st GDM visit b

   

0.934

Medical treatment requirement

   

0.057

Fetal weight centile >90 (%) a

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

1.09

1.01

1.18

0.019

Gestational weight gain (kg) until the 1st GDM visit

   

0.128

1-h oGTT glucose (mmol/L)

   

0.054

Fetal abdominal circumference centile (%) a

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

0.93 c

0.02

1.84

0.045

Gestational weight gain (kg) until the 1st GDM visit

0.98 c

0.12

1.83

0.025

Excessive weight gain until the 1st GDM visit b

   

0.619

1-h oGTT glucose (mmol/L)

   

0.168

Medical treatment requirement

   

0.288

Fetal abdominal circumference centile >90 (%) a

Gestational weight gain (kg) until the 1st GDM visit

1.09

1.02

1.17

0.009

1-h oGTT glucose (mmol/L)

   

0.077

  1. Stepwise multiple regression analyses, adjusted for neonatal gender and gestational age
  2. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, oGTT oral glucose tolerance test
  3. a For gestational age using the Intergrowth 21st fetal size application tool [36]
  4. b According to the Institute of Medicine Guidelines 2009 [14]
  5. c This value corresponds to a beta-coefficient