Table 3. Associations between high BMI and large WC and total and HDL cholesterol concentrations and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio in 1168 12-year-old girls and boys.
| Cholesterol | Girls n = 581 | Boys n = 587 | ||||||||||
| Total cholesterol | HDL cholesterol | Total-to-HDLcholesterol ratio | Total cholesterol | HDL cholesterol | Total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio | |||||||
| β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | |
| BMI 90th centile | ||||||||||||
| Model B | 0.03 | (−0.14, 0.20) | −0.16 | (−0.24, −0.08) | 0.49 | (0.29, 0.69) | 0.44 | (0.26, 0.61) | −0.21 | (−0.29, −0.13) | 0.94 | (0.73, 1.15) |
| Model C | −0.13 | (−0.32, 0.07) | −0.06 | (−0.15, 0.03) | 0.11 | (−0.12, 0.33) | 0.17 | (−0.04, 0.38) | −0.07 | (−0.17, 0.03) | 0.40 | (0.14, 0.65) |
| WC 90th centile | ||||||||||||
| Model B | 0.16 | (−0.01, 0.33) | −0.18 | (−0.26, −0.10) | 0.66 | (0.46, 0.86) | 0.63 | (0.46, 0.81) | −0.19 | (−0.27, −0.11) | 1.06 | (0.85, 1.28) |
| Model C | 0.11 | (−0.08, 0.30) | −0.11 | (−0.19, 0.02) | 0.44 | (0.22, 0.66) | 0.51 | (0.31, 0.71) | −0.07 | (−0.16, 0.03) | 0.68 | (0.44, 0.92) |
BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, HDL: high density lipoprotein.
Model B: adjusted for pre-pregnancy maternal overweight, puberty development scale, age at the time of the measurements, height.
Model C: additionally adjusted for WC (in BMI analyses) and BMI (in WC analyses).