Birth Weight, Current Anthropometric Markers, and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Brazilian School Children

Table 2

Association between birth weight and anthropometric markers, lipid profile, glucose, HOMA-IR index, and hs-CRP in Brazilian school children ( = 612), 2013.

	SGA birth			AGA birth			LGA birth			value
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Anthropometric parameters
Body mass index (-score)	12	−0.6	1.3	444	0.5	1.4	102	0.8	1.3	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	12	55.8	5.3	441	60.3	8.2	101	63.6	10.5	<0.001
Skinfolds (mm)	12	15.3^a	8.2	444	19.7	11.0	101	20.1	11.9
Blood parameters
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	12	161.2	31.4	438	167.0	27.2	100	167.5	24.7	0.82
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	12	51.3	14.2	436	50.3	10.3	101	50.6	10.9	0.97
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	12	109.4	35.7	437	98.4	33.8	101	94.6	28.3	0.26
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	12	88.0	25.0	435	97.2	24.6	100	97.6	23.0	0.59
Glycemia (mg/dL)	12	82.2	6.5	438	82.3	7.8	101	83.0	6.5	0.73
HOMA-IR	12	1.15^b	0.8–1.5^c	438	1.0^b	0.6–1.5^c	101	0.98^b	0.7–1.4^c
Insulin (/dL)	12	5.4^b	4.5–7.1^c	438	5.0^b	3.2–7.2^c	101	4.7^b	3.4–6.7^c	0.02^a
hs-CRP (mg/dL)	12	0.01^b	0.01-0.02^c	438	0.01^b	0.01–0.06^c	101	0.0^b	0.01–0.09^c	<

Nonparametric test—General Linear Model—Gamma distribution.
^bMedian.
^cP25–75.
SGA: small for gestational age.
AGA: appropriate for gestational age.
LGA: large for gestational age.
HDL: high density lipoprotein.
LDL: low density lipoprotein.
HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment method for insulin resistance.
hs-CRP: high sensitivity c reactive protein.