Using the medical files, comorbidities were documented with, the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS).
Anthropometric study was performed using the same medical scales (Q241, Zhejiang Anbo Medical Devices Co, Ltd) according to a standard measurement method.
Weight was measured at all antenatal visits using the same medical scales (model 704, Seca, Hamburg, Germany), with the women wearing light indoor clothes and no shoes.
Maternal anthropometric measurements of height and weight were obtained using a medical scale.
BMI in kg/m is calculated from height and weight measurements obtained using a medical scale (Detecto® 437, Webb City, MO).
On the morning of the OGTT in pregnancy, interviewer-administered questionnaires were completed, and anthropometric measurements of height and weight were obtained using a medical scale.
In the morning, at gestational week 30, anthropometric measurements of height and weight were obtained using a medical scale and blood samples were taken.
Weight was measured to the nearest 100 g using a standard medical scale while the subjects were minimally clothed without shoes.
The functional status of the patient was extracted from the medical record, using the Karnofsky scale (Karnofsky et al, 1948).
Body weight was recorded in light underwear to the nearest 0.05 kg, using a digital medical scale (Radwag WPT 100/200, Poland).
