Impact of very preterm birth and post-discharge growth on cardiometabolic outcomes at school age: a retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Correlation analysis for fasting glucose, HOMA-IR, and systolic and diastolic BP (Model III)

	Fasting glucose				HOMA-IR^a				Systolic BP				Diastolic BP
	Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate
	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE	coef	SE
VP/VLBW	3.82^§	0.98	1.88	1.39	0.28^§	0.11	0.28^¶	0.13	9.17^§	1.22	8.28^§	1.73	4.46^§	1.32	6.05^§	1.85
Age (years)	1.35^¶	0.60	0.93	0.65	0.20^§	0.06	0.17^§	0.06	2.02^¶	0.83	1.27	0.82	2.91^§	0.78	2.19^¶	0.88
Female	-3.52^§	0.94	-2.56^¶	1.14	0.10	0.10	-0.03	0.11	1.48	1.34	2.04	1.43	0.43	1.30	0.29	1.53
LMI (kg/m²)	1.02	0.56	0.15	0.85	0.17^§	0.06	-0.14	0.08	0.13	0.79	-0.73	1.06	1.17	0.76	-0.08	1.14
FMI (kg/m²)	0.12	0.23	-0.46	0.34	0.13^§	0.02	0.07^¶	0.03	0.55	0.31	0.59	0.43	1.11^§	0.29	1.66^§	0.46
Weight-for-age z-score change	1.62^§	0.34	1.77^§	0.54	0.22^§	0.04	0.19^§	0.05	2.24^§	0.47	0.61	0.67	1.08^¶	0.48	-0.83	0.72

Adjusted for preterm birth, age, sex, small for gestational age, mode of delivery, lean mass index, fat mass index, any breastmilk feeding >6 months and weight-for-age z-score change
Coef correlation coefficient, SE standard error, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance, BP blood pressure, VP/VLBW very preterm/very low birthweight, LMI lean mass index, BMI body mass index
^aTransformed onto a logarithmic scale
^¶and ^§ represents significant correlations (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively)

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