Table 5.

Association between body mass index at age 9 and 13 years and risk factors at age 50, adjusted for percentage body fat 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	0.01	0.11		−0.04	−0.07
Systolic blood pressure	−0.08	−0.01		0.01	0.04
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.08	−0.04		0.01	−0.06
Fibrinogen	−0.08	−0.11		0.004	0.13
Total cholesterol	−0.17*	−0.16		−0.02	−0.02
HDL cholesterol†	−0.08	−0.11		−0.01	−0.09
LDL cholesterol†	−0.14	−0.13		−0.03	−0.06
Triglyceride†	−0.21**	−0.12		−0.06	−0.001
2 hour glucose†	−0.14	−0.16		−0.12	0.01
Serum insulin†	−0.12	−0.08		−0.03	−0.08

^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01, ^***P<0.001. 

^†Logged values. 

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