Table 4.
Relation (regression coefficient, 95% CI) of diarrhoea in infancy (n = 5146) and between 1 and 5 years of age (n = 5203) with adult blood pressure (individual cohorts and combined)
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Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
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Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
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| Adjusted for age and sex | Multivariate-adjusteda | Adjusted for age and sex | Multivariate-adjusteda | |
| Diarrhoea in infancy | ||||
| 1920–30 cohort | −1.99 (−8.00 to 4.02) | −2.08 (−8.17 to 4.02) | −0.57 (−3.70 to 2.56) | −0.05 (−3.36 to 3.05) |
| 1931–39 cohort | 1.51 (−2.48 to 5.50) | 0.83 (−3.06 to 4.72) | 0.24 (−1.87 to 2.34) | 0.03 (−2.07 to 2.12) |
| Combined estimate | 0.44 (−2.88 to 3.76) | 0.04 (−3.24 to 3.32) | −0.15 (−1.77 to 1.75) | −0.03 (−1.79 to 1.72) |
| Diarrhoea aged 1–5 years | ||||
| 1920–30 cohort | 1.20 (−7.18 to 9.58) | 2.40 (−5.87 to 10.68) | 0.75 (−3.64 to 5.14) | 1.13 (−3.26 to 5.51) |
| 1931–39 cohort | 1.31 (−7.18 to 9.80) | 0.85 (−7.43 to 9.13) | −1.53 (−6.02 to 2.97) | −1.75 (−6.22 to 2.71) |
| Combined estimate | 1.26 (−4.71 to 7.22) | 1.64 (−4.20 to 7.49) | −0.36 (−3.50 to 2.78) | −0.24 (−3.36 to 2.89) |
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Adjusted for age, sex, social class at birth and currently, method of infant feeding, birthweight, and current BMI and height.