Maternal obesity alters C19MC microRNAs expression profile in fetal umbilical cord blood

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 1 Differences in clinical characteristics of pregnant women between control and overweight/obese groups

Subject characteristic	Control	Overweight/obesity	P-value
Pregestational BMI, kg/m2	21.28 ± 0.28	28.83 ± 0.55	< 0.001
Weight gain during pregnancy, kg	12.66 ± 1.04	13.61 ± 0.95	0.51
Maternal age, years	28.88 ± 0.65	29.47 ± 0.55	0.33
Cesarean delivery, n (%)	5 (16)	7 (20)	0.60
Cohort size NGS	7	9
Cohort size RT-qPCR	25	25

All parameters are expressed as n (%) or mean ± SEM. Student’s t-test (parametric continuous data) or Mann–Whitney’s U-test (nonparametric continuous data) determined significance of differences between the two groups. The chi-square test analyzed categorical data including cesarean delivery. P value of < 0.05 was considered significant. BMI body mass index

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