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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Dec 1;162(5):912–7.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.10.044

Table IV.

Mean differences (preeclampsia-normotensive, 95% CI and P values) for multivariate analyses relating preeclampsia to measures of adiposity in female adolescent offspring who were born prematurely

Model BMI, kg/m2
Abdominal circumference, cm
Triceps skinfold thickness, mm
Subscapular skinfold thickness, mm
Percent body fat
n = 95 n = 88 n = 88 n = 87 n = 88
Unadjusted −0.1 (−2.7, 2.5) 0.97 −1.2 (−7.4, 5.1) 0.71 1.4 (−2.1, 4.9) 0.42 1.0 (−3.6, 5.5) 0.67 1.0 (−2.3, 4.3) 0.56
Adjusted for prenatal confounders* 0.7 (−2.0, 3.4) 0.60 −0.3 (−6.9, 6.4) 0.94 2.4 (−1.2, 6.1) 0.19 2.8 (−1.9, 7.4) 0.24 1.0 (−2.6, 4.5) 0.59
Prenatal confounders + Birth weight z score 0.6 (−2.7, 3.8) 0.73 −0.9 (−8.8, 7.0) 0.82 2.5 (−1.9, 6.8) 0.26 2.3 (−3.2, 7.8) 0.41 0.5 (−3.8, 4.7) 0.83
Prenatal confounders + Birth weight z score + Infancy weight gain 1.1 (−2.2, 4.2) 0.51 1.4 (−5.9, 8.7) 0.71 3.3 (−1.0, 7.6) 0.13 3.3 (−2.2, 8.8) 0.23 1.2 (−2.9, 5.3) 0.56
Prenatal confounders + Birth weight z score + Infancy weight gain + Childhood weight gain −0.4 (−2.1, 1.3) 0.63 −1.9 (−6.1, 2.3) 0.38 1.5 (−1.3, 4.4) 0.29 1.4 (−2.5, 5.3) 0.48 −0.3 (−3.1, 2.6) 0.86
*

Prenatal confounders = antenatal steroid exposure and race.

Infancy weight gain = weight z score at 1-y corrected age–birth weight z score.

Childhood weight gain = weight z score at 14 y–weight z score at 1-y corrected age.