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 |
| |
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 |
| |
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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