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Table 3 Independent association of low birth weight with longitudinal trends of systolic blood pressure, triglycerides and glucose from childhood to adolescence

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

Independent Variables Retained

Syst. BP

Triglycerides

Glucose

 

β†

p-value

β

p-value

β

p-value

Birth Weight (low vs control)

3.84

0.02

48.6

0.08

15.20

0.07

Gender (male vs female)

--

--

--

--

4.31

<0.001

Age

0.39

0.40

12.21

0.01

6.60

<0.001

Age2

0.06

0.002

-0.44

0.04

-0.31

<0.001

Insulin

0.11

0.03

1.16

<0.001

0.22

0.02

BMI

0.34

<0.001

--

--

--

--

Birth weight × age

0.45

0.004

12.71

0.03

0.10

0.07

Birth weight × age2

--

--

0.55

0.02

2.65

0.10

  1. †GEE regression coefficient. The model included birth weight (low vs control) along with age, age2, race, and gender, and their interaction with birth weight; and risk variable as applicable.