Table 2.

Regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for the association between reported age at menarche (fitted as a continuous variable in months) and lipids at 53 years in women, unadjusted and adjusted for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference at 53 years, and height at 53 years

	Unadjusted		Adjusted for BMI at 53 years		Adjusted for waist at 53 years		Adjusted for height at 53 years
Outcome	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p
Triglycerides, %a n = 997	−2.97 (−5.56, −0.39)	.02	0.27 (−2.18, 2.72)	.82	−0.82 (−3.12, 1.51)	.49	−2.40 (−4.97, 0.20)	.07
Total cholesterol, mmol/L n = 997	−0.05 (−0.11, 0.00)	.06	−0.03 (−0.08, 0.02)	.34	−0.03 (−09, 0.02)	.21	−0.04 (−0.10, 0.01)	.13
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L n = 965	−0.03 (−0.08, 0.02)	.21	−0.01 (−0.06, 0.04)	.78	−0.02 (−0.07, 0.03)	.50	−0.02 (−0.08, 0.03)	.35
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L n = 967	0.01 (−0.01, 0.04)	.29	0.10 (−0.03, 0.13)	.39	0.00 (−0.02, 0.02)	.99	0.01 (−0.01, 0.04)	.38

^aOutcome transformed using 100 × log_e so that regression coefficient represents percent change in outcome per year increase in age at menarche.