Table 1 Maternal and offspring characteristics in the GUSTO study

Maternal characteristics

Ethnicity, N (%)

0.6

 Chinese

50 (38%)

47 (44%)

 Malay

55 (42%)

39 (36%)

 Indian

26 (20%)

22 (20%)

Age in years at recruitment, mean (SD)

29.29 (5.24)

28.38 (5.44)

0.2

Highest level of education attained, N (%)

0.14

 Primary and secondary

48 (37%)

53 (50%)

 Post-secondary

58 (45%)

39 (37%)

 University

23 (18%)

14 (13%)

Fasting plasma glucose 26–28 weeks gestation (mmol/L), mean (SD)

4.42 (0.60)

4.42 (0.59)

 > 0.9

2 h plasma glucose at 26–28 weeks gestation (mmol/L), mean (SD)

6.44 (1.64)

6.23 (1.48)

0.3

Pre-pregnancy BMI in kg/m², mean (SD)

23.10 (4.84)

23.47 (5.51)

0.6

Gestational age in weeks, mean (SD)

38.64 (1.28)

38.95 (1.15)

0.05

Parity

0.03

 Multiparous

27 (21%)

25 (23%)

 Nulliparous

46 (35%)

53 (49%)

 Primiparous

58 (44%)

30 (28%)

Gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD)

13.89 (5.82)

14.30 (6.88)

0.7

Offspring characteristics

 Birth weight in kg, mean (SD)

3.15 (0.44)

3.05 (0.40)

0.08

 Cord blood lipidome (N)

401

350

 Cord blood lipidome and neonatal MRI for adiposity (N)

131

108

 Age in days at neonatal MRI, mean (SD)

9.76 (2.65)

9.72 (3.09)

 > 0.9