Table 4.

Association between body mass index at ages 9 and 13 years in childhood and risk factors age 50, adjusted for body mass index age 50 (values are standardised regression coefficients)

Risk factor age 50	Women			Men
	BMI age 9	BMI age 13		BMI age 9	BMI age 13
Carotid thickness	−0.02	0.10		−0.11	−0.07
Systolic blood pressure	−0.15*	−0.10		−0.09	0.01
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.16*	−0.06		−0.11	−0.11
Fibrinogen	−0.07	−0.08		−0.05	0.13
Total cholesterol	−0.17*	−0.16		−0.11	−0.12
HDL cholesterol†	−0.04	−0.04		0.07	0.05
LDL cholesterol†	−0.15	−0.03		−0.13	0.01
Triglyceride†	−0.27**	−0.19*		−0.18*	−0.12
2 hour glucose†	−0.17*	−0.20*		−0.22**	−0.03
Serum insulin†	−0.20**	−0.21**		−0.17*	−0.23**

^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01, ^***P<0.001. 

^†Logged values. 

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