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Table 3 Distribution of the metabolic parameters according to birth weight (denoting fetal growth) and BMI-Z score (denoting current growth) tertiles and age category of children

From: The effect of foetal and early childhood growth on metabolic derangements of Sri Lankan children

Birth weight tertiles

5—< 10-year age group

10—15-year age group

Current BMI Z score tertile

Total

Current BMI Z score tertile

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

Total

 

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

 

a Systolic blood pressure Z score

T1

-1.95(1.1)

-1.92(1.3)

-1.38(1.5)

-1.80(1.2)

-1.47(1.1)

-1.07(1.0)

-0.51(1.1) 1

-1.10(1.1)

T2

-2.50(1.2)

-1.75(1.0)3

-1.41(1.4)1

-1.90(1.3)

-1.70(1.1)

-0.88(1.1) 3

-0.37(1.1)1

-0.96(1.2)

T3

-2.18(1.1)

-1.74(1.1)

-1.17(1.0)1,2

-1.60(1.2)

-1.50(1.1)

-0.98(0.99)

-0.65(1.3) 1

-0.97(1.2)

Total

-2.18(1.1)

-1.81(1.1)

-1.30(1.1)

 

-1.54(1.06)

-0.97(1.02)

-0.52(1.17)

 
 

b Diastolic blood pressure Z score

T1

-0.22(0.88)

-0.11(0.99)

0.34(1.1)1

-0.04(1.0)

0.47(0.9)

0.78(0.8)

1.24(0.8) 1

0.75(0.92)

T2

-0.40(0.94)

-0.14(1.00)

0.30(1.2)1

-0.05(1.1)

0.44(0.99)

1.10(0.82)3

1.31(0.95) 1

0.96(0.98)

T3

-0.09(0.85)

-0.01(1.1)

0.44(1.1)

0.15(1.1)

0.55(1.1)

0.79(1.0)

1.19(0.93) 1

0.90(1.00)

Total

-0.25(0.90)

-0.04(1.03)

0.36(1.13)

 

0.48(0.98)

0.89(0.91)

1.24(0.91)

 
 

c Fasting blood sugar

T1

80.5(7.8)

78.6(9.4)

89.5(9.5)

79.6(8.8)

82.3(7.9)

80.5(6.9)

80.7(9.7)

81.3(8.1)

T2

77.5(8.5)

78.6(10.7)

78.8(9.7)

78.3(9.6)

80.7(8.8)

83.5(7.9)

83.7(8.6)

82.7(8.5)

T3

77.3(8.8)

77.6(8.5)

78.9(6.6)

78.1(9.6)

83.9(6.5)

82.0(8.8)

84.8(7.9)

83.6(8.0)

Total

78.6(8.3)

78.3(9.5)

78.3(9.5)

 

82.2(7.9)

82.2(8.0)

83.3(8.7)

 
 

d Random blood sugar

T1

87.6(13.6)

89.4(14.6)

93.3(18.5)

89.6(7.7)

86.7(13.8)

89.9(14.8)

92.6(21.0)

89.2(16.2)

T2

81.9(19.5)

82.4(15.0)

93.2(16.8)1,2

85.7(17.9)

85.5(19.6)

88.8(16.3)

90.8(16.3)

88.4(18.6)

T3

83.4(13.5)

84.4(15.0)

91.4(15.3)

87.2(15.1)

90.4(19.3)

90.9(19.2)

97.2(12.8)

93.5(17.0)

Total

84.5(16.0)

85.7(15.1)

92.4(16.5)

 

87.2(17.1)

89.9(18.0)

94.1(16.4)

 
 

e Total cholesterol

T1

155.7(43.1)

160.4(31.8)

173.5(29.7)

161.7(36.6)

162.7(31.6)

155.9(38.0)

171.2(33.5)

162.8(34.3)

T2

167.3(31.0)

168.5(32.2)

175.3(36.8)

170.3(35.0)

166.5(33.4)

151.5(36.9)

166.2(37.3)

160.9(36.4)

T3

157.9(25.3)

162.0(38.3)

172.3(34.4)

165.4(34.1)

167.9(31.9)

167.2(33.1)

171.2(33.8)

169.1(32.9)

Total

161.6(35.3)

162.3(35.7)

173.6(33.9)

 

165.2(32.1)

158.2(36.3)

169.6(34.7)

 
 

f LDL-c level

T1

88.9(43.5)

95.9(32.5)

108.0(30.8)

96.0(37.4)

95.2(32.8)

93.5(40.3)

109.5(34.7)

98.3(36.0)

T2

103.2(34.4)

104.2(40.6)

112.3(38.8)

106.7(37.9)

102.8(32.9)

88.0(35.4)

97.6(71.7)

95.8(34.0)

T3

107.2(25.6)

98.7(33.6)

113.5(35.1)

107.4(32.9)

97.8(32.0)

105.2(36.4)

107.1(33.4)

104.2(34.1)

Total

98.6(37.1)

99.7(35.6)

111.9(35.3)

 

98.2(32.6)

65.6(37.6)

104.6(33.9)

 
 

g Triglyceride level

T1

65.4(26.8)

67.2(19.3)

88.8(39.1) 1,2

70.7(28.9)

74.9(30.2)

80.0(25.9)

94.4(40.7) 1

81.3(33.7)

T2

71.1(31.8)

73.3(24.8)

77.0(35.8)

73.7(31.0)

75.5(30.0)

79.1(29.0)

100.6(46.9) 1,2

84.9(37.6)

T3

63.3(18.5)

65.6(28.1)

75.6(28.9)

73.7(31.0)

75.3(36.9)

81.9(46.4)

90.4(37.4)

83.6(40.8)

Total

66.9(26.9)

68.6(24.1)

77.9(33.9)

 

75.2(31.8)

80.4(35.9)

94.7(41.5)

 
 

h HDL-c level

T1

53.7(17.3)

50.9(19.3)

47.7(18.3)

51.3(16.6)

52.6(18.5)

46.4(15.1)

42.8(12.3)1

48.3(16.5)

T2

50.8(18.1)

49.2(15.2)

47.5(12.9)

49.1(16.4)

48.6(14.9)

46.4(13.7)

48.4(16.3)

47.7(14.9)

T3

46.1(15.3)

43.7(11.9)

43.1(11.9)

44.3(13.3)

53.7(22.6)

45.6(14.8)

45.9(13.9)

47.6(16.9)

Total

49.8(17.0)

48.9(15.1)

45.9(14.8)

 

51.6(18.6)

46.1(14.4)

45.9(14.4)

 
  1. 1T3 significantly differ from T1; 2T3 significantly differ from T2; 3T2 significantly differ from T1