Relation between Birth Weight, Growth, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood

Table 3

Weight gain in the first year of life and atherosclerosis.

	Regression coefficient (RC)/confidence interval (95%)
	Insufficient weight gain in the first year of life	Reference: adequate weight gain in the first year of life
	= 50
Left carotid	= 21	= 29
Average IMT^1 (mean and standard deviation)	−0.046^**; −0.086–(−0.006)	−0.357; (0.185–0.529)
Average IMT^1 above the 75th percentile	−0.253^**; −0.487–(−0.018)	0.421; (−0.579–1.422)
Average IMT^1 (LC + RC)/2	= 21	= 29
Average IMT^1 (LC^2 + RC^3)/2	−0.038^**; −0.073–(−0.002)]	0.375; (0.222–0.528)
Average IMT^1 (LC + RC)/2 >75th percentile	−0.241^**; −0.442–(−0.041)	−0.147; (−1.002–0.707)

IMT: Intima-media thickness.
²Left carotid.
³Right carotid.
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