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Table 4 Offspring birth characteristics according to fetal sex

From: Increased basal insulin sensitivity in late pregnancy in women carrying a male fetus: a cohort study

Variable

N

Unadjusted

Adjusted*

β

p

β

p

Weight

810

0.112

(0.046, 0.178)

9.0 × 10–4

0.120

(0.065, 0.174)

2.1 × 10–5

Length**

786

0.164

(0.098, 0.231)

1.4 × 10–6

0.161

(0.113, 0.210)

1.5 × 10–10

Head Circumference**

786

0.191

(0.124, 0.257)

2.8 × 10–8

0.187

(0.137, 0.237)

4.5 × 10–13

Body mass index**

784

0.008

(− 0.061, 0.077)

0.8

0.016

(− 0.038, 0.071)

0.6

Ponderal index**

784

− 0.058

(− 0.127, 0.012)

0.1

− 0.048

(− 0.101, 0.005)

0.07

Flank skinfolds thickness**

787

− 0.094

(− 0.163, − 0.026)

6.8 × 10–3

− 0.097

(− 0.160, − 0.035)

2.4 × 10–3

Quadriceps skinfolds thickness**

786

− 0.105

(− 0.171, − 0.039)

2.0 × 10–3

− 0.107

(− 0.163, − 0.052)

1.5 × 10–4

Subscapular skinfolds thickness**

788

− 0.085

(− 0.151, − 0.018)

0.01

− 0.089

(− 0.149, − 0.028)

4.2 × 10–3

Triceps skinfolds thickness**

785

− 0.028

(− 0.096, 0.039)

0.4

− 0.032

(− 0.095, 0.031)

0.3

  1. Males larger than females shown as positive associations, and females larger than males shown as negative associations
  2. *Adjusted for pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational age of fetus, multi-fetal pregnancy and maternal parity
  3. **Values additionally adjusted (in the pre-adjusted models) for age at time of measurement