Figure 2.

Graphical display of association between birth weight and BMI intercept and slope in females and males. National Longitudinal Study for Adolescent and Adult Health (n = 7012 females, 6401 males). Predicted curves calculated from coefficients estimated from sex-stratified path analysis models of pathways from birth weight (linear and quadratic terms) to BMI intercept, BMI slope, and pre/diabetes and from BMI intercept and BMI slope to pre/diabetes (Model 3, Tables 2 and 3). Adjusted for race/ethnicity, parental education, and parental income at Wave I and time-varying smoking, participant income, and participant education.