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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2013 Jan 16;8(6):10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00127.x. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00127.x

Table 1. Study cohort characteristics and 9-year-old child adiponectin and leptin levels (N = 146).

9 Year Child
Adiponectin (μg/ml) Leptin (ng/ml)

N (%) Mean (95% CI) P Mean1 (95% CI) P

Child Sex
Boy 72(49) 42.9(38.2,47.6) 6.4 (4.9, 8.2)
Girl 74 (51) 45.4 (41.3,49.4) 0.43 9.1(6.8,12.1) 0.07
Child Gestational Age at Birth
34-37 Weeks 8(5) 37.3(26.1, 48.5) 9.0(4.2,19.1)
≥37 Weeks 138(95) 44.6 (41.4,47.8) 0.29 7.5 (6.2, 9.2) 0.69
Child Birth Size
Small for gestational age (< 10th %ile) 9(6) 35.1(18.0, 52.3) 6.3(1.9, 21.1)
Appropriate for gestational age 119 (82) 45.S (42.5,49.1) 7.6 (6.2, 9.4)
Large for gestational age (>90th %ile) 18(18) 37.S (28.7, 46.9) 0.08 8.4 (4.5,15.6) 0.84
Child BMI at 9 Years 2
Normal (≤ 85th %ile) 67 (46) 49.2 (45.6, 52.7) 3.3(2.7,3.9)
Overweight (> 85th, < 95 %ile) 19(13) 52.1 (42.0, 62.3) 7.8 (5.3,11.4)
Obese (≥ 95 %ile) 60 (41) 36.1(31.0,41.1) <0.001 19.4(15.3,24.6) <0.001
Maternal Age at Pregnancy
18-23 Years Old 46(32) 44.S (38.8, 50.7) 8.7(6.2,12.2)
24-29 Years Old 63 (43) 46.5 (42.0, 51.0) 6.9 (5.2, 9.2)
30-41 Years Old 37(25) 39.4(33.4,45.5) 0.19 7.6 (4.9,11.8) 0.59
Maternal Yrs in US at Pregnancy
<1 31(21) 44.9(38.0,51.7) 7.5 (4.8,11.5)
1-10 81 (56) 46.1 (42.0, 50.2) 7.2(5.6, 9.3)
>10 34 (23) 38.9(32.2,45.7) 0.17 8.8(5.5,13.9) 0.72
Maternal Education at Pregnancy
≤6th Grade 68 (47) 45.3(40.6,49.9) 7.5 (5.6, 9.9)
7-12 Grade 50(34) 43.3(38.1, 48.5) 7.4 (5.2,10.6)
≥ High School 28(19) 43.0(35.5, 50.4) 0.8 8.4(5.6,12.5) 0.89
Maternal Sugar Sweetened
Beverage Use in Pregnancy
0-8 Drinks/Week 44(31) 44.S (38.5, 51.0) 8.3(5.8,12.0)
9-16 Drinks/Week 51(35) 44.5(39.9,49.2) 6.8 (4.7, 9.7)
17+ Drinks/Week 49 (34) 43.6(37.9,49.4) 0.96 8.0(5.9,10.8) 0.66
Household Food Security 3
Food Secure 92(63) 43.1(39.5, 46.7) 6.6(5.2, 8.5)
Low Food Security 41(28) 46.4(39.3,53.6) 9.0(6.3,12.9)
Very Low Food Security 13(9) 44.5(34.8, 54.1) 0.64 11.7(6.7,20.4) 0.15
1

Geometric mean.

2

Child’s weight status was determined using age and sex adjusted body mass index cut offs for 85th and 95th percentiles from CDC child growth charts.

3

At 9 year visit.