Low birth weight and longitudinal trends of cardiovascular risk factor variables from childhood to adolescence: the bogalusa heart study

Table 2 Rates of change in risk variables from childhood to adolescence by birth weight. The Bogalusa Heart Study

Variable	Low Birth Weight	Control	p-value
BMI (kg/m²/y)	0.60^†	0.71	0.03
Subsc. Skinfold (mm/y)	0.91	1.12	0.27
Syst. BP (mmHg/y)	1.70	1.30	0.02
Diast. BP (mm Hg/y)	1.21	1.02	0.26
Triglycerides (mg/dL/y)	2.28	2.92	0.80
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL/y)	-0.53	-0.91	0.24
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL/y)	0.80	0.64	0.05
Glucose (mg/dL/y)	0.50	0.11	0.07
Insulin (μu/mL/y)	0.79	0.67	0.70
HOMA-IR	0.18	0.14	0.44

^†Regression slope with respect to age in years (y) adjusted for race and gender (generalized equation estimation method).
HOMA-IR: homeostatis model assessment index of insulin resistance.

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