Anthropometric and hormonal variables in newborn offspring of females with and without GDM and sucrose consumption

VariablesGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup DP value
Mean ± SD
n = 8
Mean ± SD
n = 8
Mean ± SD
n = 8
Mean ± SD
n = 8
Body weight (g)1.75 ± 0.161.70 ± 0.131.53 ± 0.10a1.67 ± 0.13< 0.050
Glycaemia (mg/dL)79.2 ± 684.6 ± 591 ± 8108.6 ± 12a< 0.001
Insulin (pg/mL)0.609 ± 0.160.682 ± 0.050.652 ± 0.070.624 ± 0.070.488
HOMA-IR index0.751 ± 0.050.801 ± 0.050.861 ± 0.081.02 ± 0.12a< 0.001
Leptin (pg/mL)163 ± 11220 ± 8.5157 ± 20128 ± 24< 0.001
Adiponectin (µg/mL)166 ± 19208 ± 8.1a200 ± 26163 ± 10< 0.001

The values represent the mean ± standard deviation of body weight, glycaemia, insulin, leptin, adiponectin and HOMA index (homeostatic model assessment) at birth. Twenty-four CD1 female mice were used to obtain the offspring (n = 6 per group). To process the samples from the offspring, groups of 8 newborns were created. Group A = without GDM and without sucrose supplementation, Group B = without GDM with sucrose supplementation, Group C = with GDM without sucrose supplementation, and Group D = with GDM and sucrose supplementation. The one-way ANOVA test was performed to compare the means between groups, with Tukey’s post hoc test to identify intergroup differences. a Significant difference by Tukey’s test with group A. P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant