Table 1 Maternal characteristics

N

79

45

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Age (yr)

24.6 ± 4.4

31.0 ± 6.1

<0.0001

Pre-pregnancy wt (kg)

75.6 ± 18.1

87.4 ± 18.8

0.002

Pre-pregnancy BMI

28.2 ± 6.9

32.7 ± 6.2

0.001

Pregnancy wt gain (kg)

12.6 ± 7.9

9.9 ± 8.3

0.098

Parity

2.2 ± 1.9

3.1 ± 1.8

0.012

HbA1c (%)

5.1 ± 0.3 (n = 46)

5.7 ± 0.7 (n = 40)

<0.0001