ADIPOQ and gestational diabetes: One explanation for the differing results regarding cord blood adiponectin levels in the newborns of GDM mothers compared to control mothers is that, in our study, the newborns of GDM mothers were heavier than the newborns of control mothers (3470 g vs. 3350 g, p = 0.01), and in the study of Ballesteros et al. [51], the weights of newborns were similar between groups (3255 g vs. 3275 g) at the same gestational age at delivery.