Prenatal and Childhood Growth, Chemerin Concentrations, and Metabolic Health in Adult Life
Table 2
Descriptive data for maternal, neonatal, and childhood measurements and correlations with chemerin concentration.
Maternal, neonatal, and childhood measurements
Men ()
Women ()
Correlation with chemerin concentration
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Direct‡
Adjusted†
Maternal measurements
Age (years)
28.8 (5.4)
28.7 (5.4)
−0.01
−0.00
Height (cm)
159.6 (6.0)
159.6 (5.6)
0.02
0.04
Weight (kg)
67.2 (7.6)
67.4 (8.0)
−0.01
−0.01
BMI (kg/m2)
26.4 (2.8)
26.4 (2.8)
−0.02
−0.03
Neonatal measurements
Gestational age (days)
297 (11)
280 (11)
−0.00
−0.01
Birth weight (g)
3485 (480)
3363 (458)
−0.03
−0.02
Birth length (cm)
50.7 (2.0)
50.1 (1.9)
−0.02
−0.00
Head circumference (cm)
35.5 (1.5)
34.9 (1.4)
−0.02
−0.03
Ponderal index (kg/m3)
26.7 (2.4)
26.7 (2.2)
−0.02
−0.03
Placental weight (g)
661 (119)
644 (121)
−0.05
−0.05
Childhood measurements
Age 1 year
Height (cm)
76.7 (2.5)
75.1 (2.5)
0.01
0.03
Weight (kg)
10.5 (1.0)
9.9 (1.0)
0.02
0.02
BMI (kg/m2)
17.9 (1.4)
17.6 (1.4)
0.02
0.01
Age 2 years
Height (cm)
86.8 (3.0)
85.8 (3.0)
0.01
0.03
Weight (kg)
12.5 (1.1)
12.0 (1.1)
0.01
0.02
BMI (kg/m2)
16.7 (1.2)
16.5 (1.2)
0.01
0.00
Age 7 years
Height (cm)
121.0 (4.8)
120.3 (4.6)
0.01
0.03
Weight (kg)
22.6 (2.6)
22.4 (2.8)
0.02
0.03
BMI (kg/m2)
15.5 (1.1)
15.5 (1.3)
0.03
0.01
Age 11 years
Height (cm)
141.7 (5.7)
141.7 (6.5)
−0.01
0.01
Weight (kg)
33.8 (4.4)
34.3 (5.6)
0.03
0.02
BMI (kg/m2)
16.8 (1.4)
17.1 (1.9)
0.05
0.02
Age 20 years
Height (cm)
177.0 (6.0)
163.5 (5.7)
−0.04
0.01
Weight (kg)
70.9 (8.0)
56.2 (6.8)
0.01
−0.01
BMI (kg/m2)
22.6 (2.2)
21.0 (2.4)
0.05
−0.01
Adjusted for age at clinic and sex. †Adjusted for age at clinic, sex and adult body fat percentage. No correlations were statistically significant at the 5% level.
