Table.

The associations between childhood BMI trajectories and left ventricular mass index

	Intima-media thickness			Left ventricular mass index
	N	β (SE)	P value	N	β (SE)	P value
Model 1	N=501			N=496
normal	302	Reference		310	Reference
Moderate-increasing	143	0.017 (0.007)	0.013	138	3.287 (1.355)	0.015
High-increasing	56	0.044 (0.010)	<0.001	48	1.917 (2.103)	0.362
	P for trend <0.001			P for trend 0.052
Model 2*	N=496		N=490
normal	301	Reference		308	Reference
Moderate-increasing	141	0.014 (0.007)	0.043	136	4.148 (1.153)	<0.001
High-increasing	54	0.034 (0.010)	0.001	46	3.079 (1.914)	0.100
	P for trend <0.001			P for trend 0.002
Model 3*	N=496			N=490
normal	301	Reference		308	Reference
Moderate-increasing	141	0.012 (0.008)	0.152	136	4.763 (1.353)	<0.001
High-increasing	54	0.030 (0.015)	0.043	46	4.492 (2.515)	0.074
	P for trend =0.044			P for trend 0.003
Model 4*	N=496			N=490
normal	301	Reference		308	Reference
Moderate-increasing	141	0.007 (0.009)	0.354	136	4.547 (1.328)	0.008
High-increasing	54	0.017 (0.015)	0.250	46	1.427 (2.631)	0.588
	P for trend =0.228			P for trend 0.065

BMI = body mass index; SE = standard error

Model 1= Unadjusted model; Model 2= age, race, sex, father’s education level, systolic BP and diastolic BP; Model 3= Model 2+BMI in young adulthood; Model 4= Model 2+BMI at baseline

^*Five participants were excluded due to missing values of father’s education in Model 2–4 for intima-media thickness, and six participants were excluded due to missing values of father’s education in Model 2–4 for left ventricular mass index