Table VI.
Differences in adult height, blood pressure, fasting glucose level, and schooling in relation to gestational status and size at delivery
| Preterm (n = 557)∗ |
Not preterm-SGA (n = 1118)† |
Not preterm-LGA (n = 92)‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | 95% CI | Coefficient | 95% CI | Coefficient | 95% CI | |
| Height, cm | −1.11 | −1.65 to −0.57 | −2.35 | −2.77 to −1.93 | 2.88 | 1.65 to 4.12 |
| Weight, kg§ | −1.54 | −2.60 to −0.48 | −3.71 | −4.54 to −2.89 | 4.00 | 1.60 to 6.39 |
| BMI§ | −0.29 | −0.65 to 0.08 | −0.78 | −1.06 to −0.49 | 0.56 | −0.27 to 1.38 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg§ | −0.46 | −1.51 to 0.59 | 0.12 | −0.70 to 0.93 | 2.14 | −0.20 to 4.48 |
| Diastolic blood pressur, mmHg§ | −0.23 | −1.13 to 0.68 | −0.30 | −1.00 to 0.40 | −0.11 | −2.13 to 1.90 |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/L§ | 0.06 | −0.02 to 0.13 | 0.03 | −0.03 to 0.08 | −0.04 | −0.21 to 0.12 |
| Completed years of schooling§ | −0.44 | −0.71 to −0.17 | −0.41 | −0.62 to −0.20 | 0.46 | −0.16 to 1.08 |
| Prehypertension/hypertension, OR§ | 0.84 | 0.67 to 1.04 | 1.03 | 0.87 to 1.21 | 1.12 | 0.70 to 1.79 |
| IFG/diabetes, OR§ | 1.27 | 0.84 to 1.92 | 1.04 | 0.77 to 1.41 | (-)¶ | |
| Completed secondary school, OR§,∗∗ | 0.71 | 0.56 to 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.56 to 0.82 | 1.28 | 0.75 to 2.18 |
Estimates are derived from linear (height, weight, BMI, blood pressure, fasting glucose level, and completed years of schooling) or logistic (prehypertension/hypertension, IFG/diabetes, and completion of secondary school) regression models, respectively, and are adjusted for site, sex, and age at adult assessment. P values for heterogeneity across sites is <.05 for completed years of schooling and for completion of 12th grade and >.25 for all other measures, using the Wald test (see Table VII for site-specific estimates). The reference category is Term-AGA (neither SGA nor LGA); n = 2751.
<37 completed weeks gestation.
SGA: below the 10th percentile for sex-specific weight for GA.
LGA: above the 90th percentile for sex-specific weight for GA.
Five individuals were excluded from analyses of weight and BMI, 110 were excluded from analyses of blood pressure, 772 were excluded from analyses of glucose, and 65 were excluded from analyses of schooling.
Only 3 participants were not-preterm LGA with diabetes.
12th grade in Brazil, India, and South Africa; 11th grade in Guatemala; and 10th grade in the Philippines.