Research Article
Relation between Birth Weight, Growth, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood
Table 2
Birth weight and subclinical atherosclerosis.
| Regression coefficient (RC)/confidence interval (95%) | | Low weight BW7 < 2.500 g | Increased weight BW > 3.500 g | Reference weight BW 2.500–3.500 g |
| | = 16 | = 21 | = 51 |
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1BMI (Kg/m2) | −1.518 (−4.159–1.122) | 2.832** (0.433–5.232) | 20.811 (11.974–29.648) |
1BMI > 25.0 Kg/m2 | −0.065 (−0.329–0.198) | 0.317** (0.782–0.557) | −0.179 (−1.061–0.702) | Increased WC2 (%) | −0.046 (−0.299–0.206) | 0.284** (0.054–0.513) | 0.715 (−0.129–1.560) | Increased WHR3 (%) | −0.323** −0.571–(−0.075) | 0.280** (0.054–0.505) | 0.495 (−0.333–1.325) |
4DBP (mm Hg) | −4.744** −9.017–(−0.470) | 0.719 (−3.162–4.601) | 63.885 (49.588–78.182) | Glucose level (mg/dL) | −0.400 (−3.977–3.176) | 3.808** (0.558–7.058) | 76.058 (64.091–88.026) | HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL (%) | −0.272** −0.516–(−0.029) | 0.024 (−0.197–0.245) | 0.203 (−0.612–1.019) |
| | = 15 | = 21 | = 49 |
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5Minimum SAT (mean and standard deviation) | −1.614 (−5.602–2.372) | 4.354** (0.821–7.888) | 8.112 (−5.029–21.253) | Maximum SAT (mean and standard deviation) | −2.486 (−9.807–4.835) | 7.095** (0.608–13.583) | 11.367 (−12.761–36.496) |
| | = 16 | = 21 | = 50 |
| Right lobe (mean and standard deviation) | −3.863 (−9.312–1.586) | 6.896*** (1.946–11.847) | 82.206 (64.017–100.395) | Right lobe > 75th percentile | −0.124 (−0.335–0.086) | 0.361*** (0.169–0.552) | −0.366 (−1.070–0.337) |
| | = 16 | = 21 | = 50 |
| Mean IMT6 > 75th percentile | −0.242** −0.476–(−0.008) | −0.039 (−0.251–0.172) | 0.371 (−0.409–1.151) |
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BMI: Body mass index.
2WC: Waist circumference.
3WHR: Waist-rip ratio.
4DBP: Diastolic blood pressure.
5SAT: Subcutaneous adipose tissue.
6IMT: Intima-media thickness.
7BW: Birth weight. . .
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