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. 2016 Jul 29;16:665. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3337-x

Table 4.

The association of BMI trajectories, birth weight and height and blood pressure at 18 years for girls

Unadjusted Adjusted
SBP (mm Hg)
 BMI Trajectory
 Normal Weight Reference Reference
 Late Onset Overweight 1.77 (−0.38 to 3.93)a 2.07 (−0.08 to 4.21)
 Early Onset Obese to Overweight 3.66 (0.50 to 6.82)* 4.18 (1.03 to 7.33)**
 Early Onset Obese to Morbidity Obese 5.87 (2.71 to 9.03)** 6.08 (2.93 to 9.23)**
 Birth Weight (kg) −0.61 (−1.99 to 0.78)
 Height (cm) at 18 years 0.22 (0.11 to 0.34)**
 R2 0.02 0.04
DBP (mm Hg)
 BMI Trajectory
 Normal Weight Reference Reference
 Late Onset Overweight 1.33 (−0.57 to 3.22) 1.40 (−0.50 to 3.30)
 Early Onset Obese to Overweight 4.29 (1.52 to 7.07)** 4.44 (1.65 to 7.22)**
 Early Onset Obese to Morbidity Obese 4.25 (1.48 to 7.03)** 4.28 (1.50 to 7.07)**
 Birth Weight (kg) −0.05 (−1.27 to 1.18)
 Height (cm) at 18 years 0.06 (−0.04 to 0.16)
 R2 0.02 0.02
MAP (mm Hg)
 BMI Trajectory
 Normal Weight Reference Reference
 Late Onset Overweight 1.47 (−0.33 to 3.28)a 1.62 (−0.19 to 3.43)
 Early Onset Obese to Overweight 4.08 (1.43 to 6.73)*** 4.35 (1.70 to 7.01)***
 Early Onset Obese to Morbidity Obese 4.79 (2.14 to 7.44)*** 4.88 (2.23 to 7.54)***
 Birth Weight (kg) −0.23 (−1.40 to 0.93)
 Height (cm) at 18 years 0.12 (0.02 to 0.21)*
 R2 0.03 0.03
Elevated BP at 18 years (Normal BP-reference) OR OR
 BMI Trajectory
 Normal Weight Reference Reference
 Late Onset Overweight 1.13 (0.70 to 1.82) 1.14 (0.71 to 1.84)
 Early Onset Obese to Overweight 1.93 (1.00 to 3.72)* 1.95 (1.01 to 3.77)*
 Early Onset Obese to Morbidity Obese 2.15 (1.11 to 4.12)* 2.18 (1.31 to 4.20)*
 Birth Weight (kg) 0.93 (0.67 to 1.27)
 Height (cm) at 18 years 1.01 (0.98 to 1.03)
 Pseudo R2 0.01 0.01

SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, OR odds ratio

Adjusted for birth weight and height at 18 years

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001

aIntercept (MAP), OR (elevated BP) and 95 % Confidence Interval are presented