Table 3.
Infant and child metabolic characteristics: the Manchester Children's Growth and Vascular Health study
| 3 and 6 months, n = 69 |
12 months, n = 67 |
24 months, n = 66 |
36 months, n = 59 |
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| E (45) | SA (24) | E (43) | SA (24) | E (44) | SA (22) | E (37) | SA (22) | |
| Adiponectin (mg/liter) | 11.8 (4.5) | 9.5a (3.6) | 7.0 (2.1) | 6.8 (2.1) | 6.0 (1.3) | 5.8 (2.3) | 5.2 (1.8) | 5.1 (1.8) |
| Triglyceride (mmol/liter) | 1.6 (0.7) | 1.3a (0.6) | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.2 (0.5) | 1.1 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.3) | 0.9 (0.3) |
| Cholesterol (mmol/liter | ||||||||
| Total | 3.9 (0.7) | 4.1 (0.9) | 4.1 (1.1) | 3.6 (1.2) | 4.1 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.3 (0.6) |
| HDL | 1.2 (0.3) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.3 (0.3) | 1.3 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.3) |
| LDL | 2.0 (0.6) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.9) | 1.9 (1.0) | 2.3 (0.6) | 2.6 (0.8) | 2.4 (0.7) | 2.5 (0.5) |
| Insulinb (pmol/liter) | 6.5 (4.1, 10.4) | 5.1 (3.3, 7.7) | 3.2 (2.3, 4.5) | 2.5 (1.6, 3.9) | 3.1 (2.2, 4.1) | 3.5 (2.7, 4.7) | 3.6 (1.6, 7.9) | 5.2 (3.0, 9.0) |
| Proinsulinb (pmol/liter) | 10.9 (7.8,15.1) | 10.6 (7.9, 14.3) | 4.5 (3.1, 6.6) | 5.2 (3.2, 8.5) | 5.0 (3.9, 6.5) | 4.9 (3.1, 7.6) | 4.5 (2.9, 7.1) | 4.6 (2.5, 8.8) |
Data are mean (sd) or geometric mean (95% CI). E, European origin; SA, South Asian origin.
a
P < 0.05.
b
Ln transformed before analyses.