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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2018 Aug 21;84(5):713–718. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0158-x

Table 2.

The relationship of body composition and anthropometric changes with speed of processing and blood pressures

VEP at 4 months CGAa VEP at 4 yearsa 4 year NIH Toolbox Processing
Speed Testb 		Systolic Blood Pressure at 4
yearsc
Rate of change epoch Slope (SE) P-value Slope (SE) P-value Slope (SE) P-value Slope (SE) P-value
Inpatient:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
 FFM (g/wk)
 FM (g/log(wk))
 %BF (g/log(wk))
0.04 (0.91)
116.5 (139.6)
4.7 (229.5)
0.007 (1.26)
−0.024 (0.16)
−1.74 (9.5)
0.96
0.41
0.98
0.99
0.88
0.86
0.84 (1.48)
−37.56 (254.3)
47.08 (312.6)
0.68 (1.99)
−0.078 (0.19)
0.75 (11.76)
0.58
0.89
0.88
0.74
0.69
0.95
0.78 (0.31)
95.6 (43.2)
134.3 (73.2)
0.90 (0.36)
0.089 (0.06)
4.09 (4.18)
0.03
0.05
0.09
0.03
0.17
0.35
−0.88 (0.64)
−71.22 (92.6)
25.54 (145.7)
0.43 (0.82)
−0.084 (0.09)
−4.585 (4.81)
0.19
0.46
0.86
0.61
0.36
0.36
Term to 4 mo CGA:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
 FFM (g/wk)
 FM (g/log(wk))
 %BF (g/log(wk))
−0.31 (0.14)
−4.67 (42.9)
−105.9 (75.9)
−0.43 (0.21)
−0.32 (0.26)
−8.3 (32.08)
0.04
0.99
0.18
0.05
0.24
0.7
0.36 (0.28)
−1.23 (44.89)
213.6 (125.7)
0.57 (0.32)
−0.13 (0.95)
22.91 (62.9)
0.24
0.98
0.13
0.12
0.89
0.73
−0.13 (0.1)
−23.7 (16.7)
50.1 (60.8)
−0.11 (0.14)
−0.29 (0.21)
−11.78 (13.18)
0.26
0.19
0.43
0.47
0.2
0.39
0.22 (0.14)
6.69 (21.05)
−66.47 (56.09)
0.039 (0.19)
0.83 (0.19)
45.56 (14.93)
0.16
0.76
0.27
0.84
0.002
0.01
4 mo CGA to 1 yr:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
0.3 (0.63)
41.9 (162.9)
−41.77 (464.2)
0.65
0.81
0.93
−0.17 (0.25)
39.6 (75.1)
−206.2 (141)
0.5
0.61
0.2
0.37 (0.28)
14.53 (94.45)
−98.14 (254.1)
0.22
0.88
0.71
1 yr to 2 yr:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
−1.56 (1.79)
127.9 (314.5)
435.2 (521.3)
0.43
0.7
0.45
0.25 (0.66)
−62.8 (107.5)
231.8 (251.3)
0.72
0.58
0.39
−0.43 (0.29)
−19.06 (142.7)
481.78 (273.9)
0.19
0.9
0.13
2 yr to 4 yr:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
−1.95 (1.47)
−671.5 (316.4)
−2686.3 (1778.5)
0.26
0.09
0.21
0.27 (0.43)
−82.8 (157.3)
214.6 (684.8)
0.55
0.61
0.76
−0.2 (0.38)
105.92 (160.7)
892.75 (750.96)
0.61
0.53
0.27
4 mo to 4 yr:
 Weight (g/wk)
 Length (cm/wk)
 OFC (cm/wk)
 FFM (g/wk)
 FM (g/log(wk))
 %BF (g/log(wk))
0.83 (2.04)
−50.34 (389.1)
21.88 (2859.9)
1.87 (1.96)
−2.88 (3.3)
88.9 (522.76)
0.7
0.9
0.99
0.39
0.41
0.87
0.58 (0.4)
73.66 (150.7)
−63.65 (963.75)
0.48 (0.62)
0.54 (0.52)
78.93 (80.17)
0.18
0.64
0.95
0.46
0.32
0.35
0.24 (0.5)
−1.53 (248.1)
965.35 (984.8)
0.96 (0.94)
−0.08 (0.75)
−160.2 (129.56)
0.64
0.99
0.35
0.33
0.91
0.24
a

Adjusted for birth gestational age (bGA), CGA at visit and ROP.

b

Adjusted for bGA and CGA at visit.

c

Adjusted for sex, bGA, CGA at visit, and length