From: Screening circulating proteins to identify biomarkers of fetal macrosomia
Macrosomia N = 52 | Controls N = 106 | p | |
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Age | 33.8 (6.1) | 32.6 (4.0) | 0.15 |
Booking BMI | 28.3 [24.1–33.7] | 23.5 [21.4–26.3] | < 0.0001 |
Nulliparous | 15 (28.8%) | 46 (43.4%) | 0.08 |
Smoking status | |||
Current smoking | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0.77 |
Ex-smoker | 21 (23.1%) | 21 (19.8%) | |
Never smoked | 39 (75%) | 84 (79.2%) | |
GDM | 4 (7.7%) | 9 (8.5%) | 1.00 |
Onset of labour | |||
Spontaneous | 20 (38.5%) | 53 (50.0%) | 0.10 |
Induced | 13 (25.0%) | 31 (29.2%) | |
No labour | 19 (36.5%) | 22 (20.8%) | |
Mode of delivery | |||
Physiological vaginal | 21 (40.4%) | 53 (50.0%) | 0.002 |
Instrumental delivery | 2 (3.8%) | 21 (19.8%) | |
Caesarean section | 29 (55.8%) | 32 (30.2%) | |
Gestation at delivery (weeks+days) | 39+2 (1+0) | 39+4 (1+1) | 0.04 |
Birthweight (g) | 4352 (348.1) | 3487 (406.3) | < 0.0001 |
Birthweight centile | 97.9 [96.5–99.4] | 47.1 [26.5–67.6] | < 0.0001 |