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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2007 Feb 15;34(4):769–775.

Table 3.

Lumbar spine and total femoral BMD in women according to genotype and birth weight and weight at one year

Lumbar spine BMD Total femoral BMD
CASRV3 11 12 22 11 12 22
Birth weight (tertile)
Low <=3175 gr 0.96 0.92 0.90 0.90 0.87 0.86
(0.18) (0.16) (0.13) (0.14) (0.12) (0.09)
129 51 6 129 51 6
Middle 3175-3629 gr 0.98 0.97 1.05 0.90 0.91 0.94
(0.17) (0.17) (0.29) (0.14) (0.13) (0.23)
111 34 7 111 34 7
High >3629 gr 0.95 0.95 1.19 0.89 0.91 0.94
(0.17) (0.16) (0.20) (0.12) (0.10) (0.14)
82 19 6 82 18 6
P value for interaction
unadjusted 0.009 0.046
adjusted 0.005 0.042
Weight at one year of age (tertile)
Low <=9185 gr 0.95 0.94 0.90 0.90 0.87 0.85
(0.15) (0.15) (0.18) (0.12) (0.13) (0.05)
95 48 3 95 48 3
Middle 9185-9979 gr 0.98 0.89 1.08 0.91 0.87 0.91
(0.17) (0.14) (0.22) (0.14) (0.11) (0.19)
100 26 10 100 26 10
High>9979 gr 0.96 0.98 1.08 0.88 0.93 0.95
(0.19) (0.19) (0.31) (0.14) (0.11) (0.17)
127 30 6 127 29 6
P value for interaction
unadjusted 0.17 0.003
adjusted 0.07 0.000

Values are presented as means (SD). The number of subjects is in italics.

P values for interaction are given unadjusted and adjusted (on 1df) for age at clinic, BMI, physical activity score, dietary calcium intake, smoking status, alcohol unit intake per week, current social class, years since menopause, HRT use status