Table 3.

Association between risk factors age 50 with body mass index at ages 9, 13, and 50 years and percentage body fat (values are standardised regression coefficients)

Risk factor	Women					Men
	BMI age 9	BMI age 13	BMI age 50	% fat age 50		BMI age 9	BMI age 13	BMI age 50	% fat age 50
Carotid thickness	0.02	0.13	0.14*	0.15*		−0.06	−0.03	0.19*	0.25**
Systolic blood pressure	−0.03	0.04	0.40***	0.30***		−0.02	0.05	0.30***	0.29***
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.03	0.09	0.39***	0.26***		−0.03	−0.04	0.33***	0.35***
Fibrinogen	−0.03	−0.03	0.18**	0.31***		−0.03	0.16	0.14	0.23**
Total cholesterol	−0.15*	−0.13	0.05	0.12		−0.05	0.02	0.21**	0.29***
HDL cholesterol†	−0.09	−0.12	−0.19**	−0.08		0.01	−0.11	−0.22**	−0.18*
LDL cholesterol†	−0.12	−0.11	0.06	0.10		−0.07	−0.02	0.22**	0.32***
Triglyceride†	−0.18*	−0.06	0.29***	0.24***		−0.10	0.04	0.36***	0.40***
2 hour glucose†	−0.12	−0.14	0.24***	0.10		−0.13	0.03	0.33***	0.25**
Serum insulin†	−0.05	0.01	0.58***	0.46***		−0.08	−0.04	0.44***	0.44***

^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01, ^***P<0.001. 

^†Logged values. 

BMI=body mass index, LDL=low density lipoprotein, HDL=high density lipoprotein.