. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jul;20(7):1415–1423. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-1939-7

Table 2.

Primary hypertension risk in children and young adults in relation to birth weight and birth weight for gestational age.

	Controls (N = 25,966)		Cases (N = 533)		OR	95% CI

	n	%	n	%
Birth weight (grams)^a,^b
<2,500	1,086	4.2	26	4.9	1.22	0.74–2.02
2,500–2,999	3,224	12.4	74	13.9	1.22	0.91–1.64
3,000–3,499	9,247	35.6	187	35.1	1.11	0.90–1.38
3,500–3,999	8,784	33.8	161	30.2	1.00	Reference
4,000–4,499	2,971	11.4	65	12.2	1.15	0.86–1.54
≥4,500	654	2.5	20	3.8	1.55	0.96–2.49
Birth weight for gestational age^c
Small	2,687	10.3	70	13.1	1.32	1.02–1.71
Appropriate	20,834	80.0	400	75.1	1.00	Reference
Large	2,516	9.7	63	11.8	1.30	1.00–1.71

ORs adjusted for maternal age, birth year (1987–1990–1991–1994–1995–1998, and 1999–2003), gestational age, maternal hypertensive disorder, and infant sex.

OR for ≥4,000 grams versus 3,500–3,999 was 1.22 (95% CI: 0.94–1.60)

ORs adjusted for maternal age, birth year (1987–1990–1991–1994–1995–1998, and 1999–2003), maternal hypertensive disorder, and infant sex.