Research Article
Prenatal and Childhood Growth, Chemerin Concentrations, and Metabolic Health in Adult Life
Table 1
Descriptive data for adult clinical measurements and correlations with chemerin concentration.
| | Adult clinical measurements | Men
() | Women
() | Correlation with chemerin concentration | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Direct‡ | Adjusted† |
| | Age (years) | 61.5 (2.7) | 61.6 (3.0) | — | — | | Height (cm) | 177.0 (6.0) | 163.5 (5.7) | −0.04 | 0.01 | | Weight (kg) | 84.7 (12.1) | 72.4 (12.2) | 0.15 | 0.01 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 27.0 (3.5) | 27.1 (4.4) | 0.18 | 0.01 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 99.0 (10.3) | 89.4 (11.3) | 0.22 | 0.09 | | Lean body mass (kg) | 65.0 (7.2) | 47.6 (5.4) | 0.07 | 0.03 | | Fat mass (kg) | 19.7 (7.2) | 24.5 (8.3) | 0.19 | 0.00 | | Body fat percentage (%) | 22.8 (5.6) | 33.2 (6.4) | 0.21 | — | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 144.3 (18.5) | 142.0 (20.2) | 0.03 | −0.01 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 89.7 (9.9) | 86.8 (9.9) | 0.06 | 0.01 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.8 (1.0) | 6.0 (1.0) | 0.02 | 0.01 | | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.5 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.7) | 0.19 | 0.13 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.8 (0.4) | −0.15 | −0.10 | | LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.7 (0.9) | 0.03 | 0.01 | | Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 5.7 (0.6) | 5.4 (0.6) | 0.09 | 0.05 | | Fasting insulin (pmol/L) | 10.2 (7.0) | 9.2 (10.4) | 0.15 | 0.07 | | Chemerin (ng/mL) | 66.2 (17.7) | 71.2 (19.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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Adjusted for age at clinic and sex. Adjusted for age at clinic, sex, and adult body fat percentage.
Variable log-transformed for analysis. ; ; .
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