Effects of maternal pre-pregnancy overweight, obesity or gestational diabetes on infant’s Bayley scores¹ at 6 months of age compared to those born to healthy normoweight pregnant women (controls).

Data are mean ± SD 1 Infants’ neurodevelopment assessed using the BSID-III: Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Third Edition Puandj = Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Values not sharing the same suffix (abc) were significantly different in a Bonferroni post hoc test. Padj = Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for the group differences using univariate general linear model including main effects from the following possible confounder: Maternal age, maternal education, placental weight, and weight gain during pregnancy (n = 153). Effects of maternal pre-pregnancy overweight, obesity or gestational diabetes on infant’s Bayley scores1 at 6 months of age compared to those born to healthy normoweight pregnant women (controls).