Table 3.

Adjusted ORs of being hypertensive at 18 years of age in urban Black South African children (n=838)

	Model 1			Model 2
Covariates	OR	95% CI	p Value	OR	95% CI	p Value
SES change between infancy and adolescence
Low-low (ref)	1			1
Low-medium	0.92	0.48 to 1.72	0.787	0.99	0.51 to 1.88	0.968
Low-high	0.14	0.02 to 1.04	0.055	0.14	0.02 to 1.04	0.055
Medium-low	0.61	0.27 to 1.42	0.255	0.57	0.24 to 1.34	0.197
Medium-medium	0.61	0.25 to 1.52	0.290	0.53	0.21 to 1.36	0.186
Medium-high	0.49	0.16 to 1.50	0.213	0.47	0.15 to 1.48	0.198
High-low	0.51	0.16 to 1.64	0.259	0.46	0.14 to 1.56	0.214
High-medium	0.65	0.21 to 2.02	0.455	0.51	0.16 to 1.65	0.262
High-high	0.38	0.11 to 1.37	0.140	0.36	0.10 to 1.33	0.125
Household SES in infancy	1.14	0.86 to 1.52	0.359	1.20	0.89 to 1.61	0.237
SGA, %				1.33	0.75 to 2.33	0.328
Relative weight gain (0–2 years)				1.18	0.96 to 1.45	0.119
Relative weight gain (2–4 years)				1.31	1.08 to 1.58	<0.01
Relative weight gain (4–18 years)				1.65	1.35 to 2.04	<0.001
Pseudo R² value	0.0135			0.0630

Bold typeface indicates statistically significant results. Model 1 adjusted for SES at baseline.

Model 2 model 1+growth (SGA, relative weight gain in infancy and mid-childhood).

SES, socioeconomic status; SGA, small-for-gestational age.