Table 4.

Prevalence ratio (PR) and 95 % CI of birth weight and relative leg length on metabolic syndrome in women. Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010

	Model 0		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	PR	95 % CI	PR	95 % CI	PR	95 % CI	PR	95 % CI	PR	95 % CI	PR	95 % CI
Birth weight
≥2·5 kg	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·20	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
<2·5 kg	1·32	1·15, 1·51	1·25	1·10, 1·43	1·27	1·11, 1·45	1·27	1·11, 1·45	1·27	1·11, 1·45	1·28	1·24, 1·45
Relative leg length
High	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Medium	1·04	0·94, 1·15	1·08	0·98, 1·19	1·13	1·02, 1·24	1·13	1·01, 1·28	1·11	1·00, 1·24	1·12	1·00, 1·25
Low	1·29	1·14, 1·46	1·32	1·18, 1·48	1·41	1·25, 1·59	1·44	1·27, 1·64	1·40	1·22, 1·59	1·40	1·22, 1·59

Ref., reference category.

Relative leg length: high, above mean+1 sd; medium, mean±1 sd; low, below mean–1 sd.

Birth weight: Model 0, crude model; Model 1, Model 0 plus age, race/skin colour and education; Model 2, Model 1 plus physical activities, smoking and alcohol consumption; Model 3, Model 2 plus relative leg length; Model 4, Model 3 plus age at menarche; Model 5, Model 4 plus BMI at age 20 years.

Relative leg length: Model 0, crude model; Model 1, Model 0 plus age, race/skin colour and education; Model 2, Model 1 plus physical activities, smoking and alcohol consumption; Model 3, Model 2 plus birth weight; Model 4, Model 3 plus age at menarche; Model 5, Model 4 plus BMI at age 20 years.