Table 1

Body composition data in infants of mothers with and without diabetes from individual studies included in the systematic review using (A) skinfolds and (B) other techniques

StudyStudy groupsAgeFat mass (g)Fat-free mass (g)% Fat mass
ControlsIDMControlsIDMControlsIDM
(A) Studies using skinfold thickness
Aman et al31Controls: 28
IDM: 28
(18 T1D, 10 GDM)
<48 h500 (200)700 (200)3100 (400)3400 (400)13.5 (3.5)16.4 (3.2)
Brunner et al28Controls: 152
(82 males)
IDM: 9 (all GDM)
(three males)
3–5 daysMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
482 (146)485 (138)653 (290)438 (94)3029 (352)2939 (342)3505 (433)2647 (276)13.5 (2.7)14.0 (2.8)15.2 (4.1)14.1 (1.9)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
483 (142)509 (195)2988 (350)2933 (528)13.7 (2.8)14.5 (2.6)
Enzi et al25Controls: 17
IDM: 25
(8 T1D, 17 GDM)
Birth386 (91)606 (185)Author contacted—no further data available12.2 (2.1)18.1 (6.1)
McFarland et al42Controls: 58
(40 males)
IDM: 16
(eight males)
(12 GDM, 4 pre-existing)
<24 h762 (243)1012 (292)3519 (236)3282 (267)17.723.5
Metzger (HAPO)15Controls: 16 097
IDM: 3082
(all GDM)
<72 h375 (159)424 (177)2866 (311)2928 (334)11.2 (3.53)12.2 (3.70)
Schaefer-Graf et al26Controls: 190
(92 males)
IDM: 150 (all GDM)
(66 males)
<48 h381 (179)433 (171)Authors contacted—no further data available
Zhao et al21Controls: 284
(139 males)
IDM: 160
(all GDM)
(90 males)
<48 hMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
475 (61)484 (84)579 (61)588 (57)2800 (105)2764 (109)2695 (121)2674 (133)14.4 (1.1)14.7 (2.2)17.2 (0.5)17.9 (0.8)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
480 (74)585 (59)2784 (109)2685 (127)14.7 (1.9)17.8 (0.8)
(B) Studies using techniques other than skinfold thickness
Au et al18Controls: 532
(284 males)
IDM: 67 (all GDM)
(28 males)
<48 hMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
306 (184)358 (172)268 (181)275 (181)3033 (350)2874 (314)3017 (351)2717 (268)8.4 (4.3)10.3 (4.2)7.4 (4.2)8.4 (4.7)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
331 (180)272 (180)2959 (342)2846 (338)9.3 (4.3)7.9 (4.5)
Brumbaugh et al19Controls: 13 (seven males)
IDM: 12 (all GDM)
(eight males)
16.3±2.3 days (1–3 weeks)Author contacted—no further data available13.1 (5.0)14.7 (3.0)
Catalano et al16Controls: 220 (119 males)
IDM: 195
(all GDM)
(100 males)
<72 hMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
352 (197)374 (200)463 (200)407 (210)3044 (428)2894 (369)3071 (369)2847 (411)9.9 (4.6)10.9 (4.5)12.7 (4.4)12.0 (4.9)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
362 (198)436 (206)2975 (408)2962 (405)10.4 (4.6)12.4 (4.6)
Durnwald et al44Controls: 52
(26 males)
IDM: 50
(all GDM, but LGA babies)
(31 males)
<48 h563 (206)662 (163)3557 (310)3400 (314)13.5 (4.5)16.2 (3.3)
Hammami et al43Controls: 36
IDM: 11
(nine GDM, one T1D, one T2D, but all LGA babies)
1.8 (1.0) days905 (248)1242 (177)3393 (213)3343 (143)20.4 (4.5)26.4 (2.7)
Lee et al20Controls: 324
(160 males)
IDM: 25 (13 GDM, 9 T1D, 3 T2D)
(11 males)
<60 hMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
323 (161)351 (183)565 (193)542 (229)2935 (437)2752 (383)3050 (479)2891 (419)9.5 (3.6)10.8 (4.2)15.5 (4.0)15.2 (4.4)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
337 (173)552 (210)2843 (420)2961 (444)10.2 (4.0)15.4 (4.2)
Lingwood et al 17Controls: 77
(41 males)
IDM: 84 (all GDM)
(42 males)
<6 daysMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
353 (149)346 (179)400 (194)427 (191)3189 (294)2880 (266)2943 (314)2835 (340)9.76 (3.55)10.39 (4.58)11.6 (4.4)12.7 (4.1)
PooledPooledPooledPooledPooledPooled
350 (162)413 (192)3045 (320)2889 (329)10.05 (4.05)12.1 (4.3)
  • GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; HAPO, Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome; LGA, glycated haemoglobin; T1D, type 1 diabetes; T2D, type 2 diabetes.