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Table 4 Distribution of the fat distribution according to birth weight (denoting fetal growth) and BMI-Z score (denoting current growth) tertiles and age of the 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

Current BMI Z score tertile

T1

T2

T3

Total

T1

T2

T3

Total

 

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

T1

13.1(5.0)

15.1(4.3)

28.1(9.6)a,b

17.4(8.6)

15.1(6.2)

19.5(5.8)3

33.6(10.2)a,b

21.4(10.4)

T2

131(3.4)

16.5(4.2)

30.5(9.3)a,b

19.7(9.7)

16.4(7.4)

17.2(5.2)

32.0(9.6)a,b

21.7(10.3)

T3

15.1(6.7)

16.4(3.8)

28.9(10.5)a,b

21.5(10.3)

12.8(4.0)

19.1(7.4)c

29.8(9.1)a,b

22.0(10.3)

Total

13.6(5.1)

15.9(4.2)

29.2(9.8)

 

15.0(6.3)

18.5(6.3)

31.5(9.6)

 
  1. aT3 significantly differ from T1
  2. bT3 significantly differ from T2
  3. cT2 significantly differ from T1