Table 2.

Unstandardized regression coefficients of blood pressure on birth weight, adjusting for covariates, by age groups

	SBP				DBP
	Model I		Model II		Model I		Model II
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Preadolescence (n=4976)
Black race	−0.78	0.003	−0.98	<0.001	0.06	0.800	−0.06	0.798
Female sex	−0.66	0.007	−0.84	<0.001	0.24	0.297	0.12	0.570
Age	1.24	<0.001	0.59	<0.001	1.15	<0.001	0.74	<0.001
BMI	–	–	1.28	<0.001	–	–	0.81	<0.001
Birthweighta	0.06	0.808	−1.12	<0.001	0.57	0.074	−0.17	0.425
Adolescence (n=4532)
Black race	1.37	<0.001	1.05	<0.001	0.37	0.130	0.26	0.288
Female sex	−2.33	<0.001	−2.49	<0.001	2.10	<0.001	2.05	<0.001
Age	1.65	<0.001	1.51	<0.001	1.32	<0.001	1.27	<0.001
BMI	–	–	0.39	<0.001	–	–	0.14	<0.001
Birthweight*	−0.80	0.004	−1.26	<0.001	0.22	0.332	0.07	0.775
Adulthood (n=2771)
Black race	5.71	<0.001	4.95	<0.001	2.27	<0.001	1.70	<0.001
Female sex	−6.23	<0.001	−6.48	<0.001	−3.44	<0.001	−3.62	<0.001
Age	0.50	<0.001	0.36	<0.001	0.55	<0.001	0.45	<0.001
BMI	–	–	0.59	<0.001	–	–	0.44	<0.001
Birthweighta	−1.34	0.010	−2.17	<0.001	−0.27	0.470	−0.88	0.013

^aAdjusted for gestational age.