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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2016 Dec 6;8(2):226–235. doi: 10.1017/S2040174416000635

Table 5.

Birth outcomes as predictors of continuous liver enzymes (log-transformed, within the normal range), Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Model 1 P for interaction Model 2 P for interaction


Unadjusted Adjusted for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol use, education, income, physical activity


βa SE P β SE P
γ-glutamate transferase (GGT)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.01 0.05 0.79 0.19 0.00 0.05 0.96 0.08
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.03 0.05 0.61 0.64 −0.02 0.05 0.66 0.46
  Preterm birth 0.13 0.08 0.09 0.02 0.10 0.07 0.18 0.04
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.08 0.00 <0.01 0.09 0.03 <0.01
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.05 0.03 0.06 −0.06 0.03 0.03
  Preterm birth −0.06 0.04 0.15 −0.06 0.04 0.17
Alanine transaminase (ALT)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.06 0.05 0.22 0.91 0.04 0.05 0.38 0.98
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.01 0.05 0.80 0.78 −0.01 0.05 0.82 0.77
  Preterm birth 0.15 0.07 0.03 <0.01 0.14 0.07 0.05 <0.01
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.09
  Large-for-gestational-age 0.00 0.03 0.93 0.01 0.03 0.71
  Preterm birth −0.07 0.04 0.10 −0.06 0.04 0.13
Aspartate transaminase (AST)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.02 0.02 0.36 0.37 0.02 0.02 0.38 0.32
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.01 0.03 0.80 0.42 −0.03 0.03 0.26 0.22
  Preterm birth 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.27 −0.01 0.03 0.65 0.22
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.05 0.02 <0.01 0.05 0.02 <0.01
  Large-for-gestational-age 0.02 0.02 0.26 0.02 0.02 0.23
  Preterm birth 0.02 0.03 0.51 0.01 0.03 0.69
Fatty liver index (FLI)a
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.86 3.09 0.78 0.85 −0.91 2.85 0.75 0.37
  Large-for-gestational-age 7.33 3.23 0.02 0.01 5.30 2.96 0.07 0.03
  Preterm birth 1.35 4.49 0.76 0.96 0.93 4.21 0.83 0.96
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 1.56 2.01 0.44 2.03 1.96 0.30
  Large-for-gestational-age −2.33 1.98 0.24 −1.90 1.98 0.34
  Preterm birth 1.61 3.10 0.60 1.86 3.12 0.55

Model 3 P for interaction

Previous +BMI

β SE P

γ-glutamate transferase (GGT)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.02 0.05 0.68 0.14
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.05 0.05 0.29 0.81
  Preterm birth 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.01
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.09 0.03 <0.01
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.05 0.03 0.05
  Preterm birth −0.06 0.04 0.11
Alanine transaminase (ALT)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.06 0.04 0.17 0.94
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.05 0.05 0.29 0.56
  Preterm birth 0.16 0.07 0.02 <0.01
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.06 0.03 0.04
  Large-for-gestational-age 0.00 0.03 0.90
  Preterm birth −0.07 0.04 0.07
Aspartate transaminase (AST)
 Men
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.03 0.02 0.26 b
  Large-for-gestational-age −0.02 0.03 0.36 0.03
  Preterm birth 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.96
 Women
  Small-for-gestational-age 0.05 0.02 <0.01
  Large-for-gestational-age 0.02 0.02 0.24
  Preterm birth 0.01 0.03 0.65
Fatty liver index (FLI) BMI included in measurement
a

Not log-transformed.

b

Interaction model failed to converge.