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. 2012 Aug 1;12:591. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-591

Table 2.

Univariate regression analysis (95% CI) of lipid and glucose metabolism with potential mediators

  Cholesterol HDL-C LDL-C Log(triglycerides) Glucose Log(C-peptide) Insulin resistance
Age
0.09 (0.00 – 0.18) **
0.10 (0.06 – 0.13) ****
0.14 (0.06 – 0.22)
0.01 (−0.01 – 0.04)
0.14 (0.08 – 0.21) ****
−0.10 (−0.12 - -0.09) ****
−0.15 (−0.19 - - 0.10) ****
Sex (reference: boys)
0.19 (0.12 – 0.26) ****
−0.02 (−0.05 – 0.01)
0.24 (0.17 – 0.30) ****
0.06 (0.04 – 0.08) ****
−0.13 (−0.18 - -0.08) ****
0.02 (0.01 – 0.03) ***
0.01 (−0.02 – 0.05)
Height in meters
−0.33 (−0.99 – 0.33) *
0.15 (−0.15 – 0.45)
−0.03 (−0.66 – 0.60)
−0.01 (−0.19 – 0.18)
1.20 (0.73 – 1.68) ****
−0.13 (−0.25 – -0.00) **
−0.07 (−0.37 – 0.22)
Size at birth (reference: AGA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SGA
0.06 (−0.11 – 0.22)
0.08 (0.01 – 0.16) **
−0.04 (−0.19 – 0.12)
0.01 (−0.04 – 0.05)
−0.02 (−0.14 – 0.10)
−0.01 (−0.04 – 0.02)
0.00 (−0.07 – 0.07)
LGA
−0.12 (−0.22 - -0.01) **
−0.04 (−0.09 – 0.01)
−0.10 (−0.20 – 0.00) *
−0.01 (−0.04 – 0.02)
0.01 (−0.06 – 0.09)
0.01 (−0.01 – 0.03)
0.04 (0.00 – 0.09) *
Maternal BMI
0.00 (−0.01 – 0.01)
0.00 (−0.01 – 0.00)
0.01 (−0.00 – 0.02) *
0.00 (−0.00 – 0.00)
0.01 (−0.00 – 0.02)
0.00 (−0.00 – 0.00)
0.00 (−0.01 – 0.00)
Breastfeeding duration (reference: > 3 months)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< 1 month
−0.02 (−0.11 – 0.07)
−0.04 (−0.08 – 0.00)
0.00 (−0.09 – 0.09)
0.02 (−0.00 – 0.05) *
−0.01 (−0.08 – 0.06)
0.00 (−0.01 – 0.02)
0.00 (−0.04 – 0.04)
1 – 3 months
0.08 (−0.01 – 0.17)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.05)
0.07 (−0.02 – 0.15)
0.00 (−0.02 – 0.03)
0.00 (−0.06 – 0.07)
0.00 (−0.02 – 0.01)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.05)
Childhood sdsBMI
0.01 (−0.04 – 0.06)
−0.01 (−0.03 – 0.01)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.05)
0.01 (−0.01 – 0.02)
0.05 (0.02 – 0.08) ***
0.03 (0.02 – 0.04) ****
0.04 (0.02 – 0.06) ****
Sports club member (reference: yes)
−0.01 (−0.09 – 0.07)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.04)
−0.02 (−0.09 – 0.05)
0.00 (−0.02 – 0.02)
0.05 (−0.01 – 0.10) *
−0.01 (−0.02 – 0.01)
0.00 (−0.03 – 0.04)
Walking to school (reference: > 60 min a week)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
0.09 (−0.02 – 0.21)
−0.02 (−0.07 – 0.03)
0.04 (−0.07 – 0.15)
0.00 (−0.03 – 0.03)
0.01 (−0.07 – 0.09)
0.01 (−0.01 – 0.04)
0.03 (−0.02 – 0.08)
< 30 min a week
0.07 (−0.06 – 0.19)
−0.01 (−0.07 – 0.05)
0.05 (−0.07 – 0.17)
0.00 (−0.04 – 0.03)
0.00 (−0.09 – 0.09)
0.01 (−0.02 – 0.03)
0.01 (−0.05 – 0.06)
31 – 60 min a week
0.05 (−0.08 – 0.18)
−0.04 (−0.10 – 0.02)
0.03 (−0.10 – 0.16)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.05)
0.06 (−0.03 – 0.16)
0.02 (−0.01 – 0.04)
0.05 (−0.01 – 0.11)
Cycling to school (reference: > 60 min a week)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
−0.04 (−0.17 – 0.09)
−0.05 (−0.10 – 0.01)
−0.07 (−0.19 – 0.05)
0.01 (−0.03 – 0.04)
−0.01 (−0.10 – 0.09)
0.00 (−0.02 – 0.03)
−0.02 (−0.07 – 0.04)
< 30 min a week
−0.06 (−0.21 – 0.09)
−0.03 (−0.10 – 0.04)
−0.07 (−0.21 – 0.07)
−0.02 (−0.06 – 0.02)
0.03 (−0.08 – 0.14)
0.00 (−0.02 – 0.03)
−0.02 (−0.09 – 0.05)
31 – 60 min a week −0.06 (−0.22 – 0.10) −0.01 (−0.08 – 0.07) −0.08 (−0.23 – 0.08) −0.01 (−0.06 – 0.03) 0.02 (−0.10 – 0.14) 0.01 (−0.02 – 0.05) 0.00 (−0.07 – 0.08)

* p < 0.1; ** p <0.05; *** p < 0.01; ****p < 0.001.