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. 2019 Jul 31;19:264. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1638-9

Table 3.

The association between birth weight and hypertension based on binary logistic regression

Birth weight, g High SBP, n (%) OR1 (95% CI)a P1c OR2 (95% CI)b P2d High DBP, n (%) OR1 (95% CI)a P1c OR2 (95% CI)b P2d Hypertension, n (%) OR1 (95% CI)a P1c OR2 (95% CI)b P2d
Normal Abnormal Normal Abnormal Normal Abnormal
Total < 2000 201 (85.2) 35 (14.8) 2.17 (1.46–3.23) < 0.001 2.33 (1.53–3.50) < 0.001 223 (94.5) 13 (5.5) 1.07 (0.58–1.96) .832 1.10 (0.60–2.03) .750 200 (84.7) 36 (15.3) 1.75 (1.19–2.58) .005 1.85 (1.25–2.74) .002
2000–2499 440 (89.8) 50 (10.2) 1.47 (1.05–2.05) .024 1.53 (1.08–2.15) .015 460 (93.9) 30 (6.1) 1.46 (0.96–2.23) .077 1.46 (0.96–2.24) .079 427 (87.1) 63 (12.9) 1.51 (1.12–2.04) .007 1.57 (1.15–2.13) .004
2500–2999 2226 (92.8) 172 (7.2) Ref Ref 2294 (95.7) 104 (4.3) Ref Ref 2184 (91.1) 214 (8.9) Ref Ref
3000–3499 5965 (92.6) 480 (7.4) 1.04 (0.87–1.25) .675 0.98 (0.82–1.18) .835 6114 (95.3) 301 (4.7) 1.08 (0.86–1.36) .499 1.02 (0.81–1.29) .864 5831 (90.5) 614 (9.5) 1.08 (0.91–1.27) .375 1.02 (0.86–1.20) .823
3500–3999 3679 (89.8) 416 (10.2) 1.42 (1.18–1.71) < 0.001 1.28 (1.06–1.55) .010 3866 (94.4) 229 (5.6) 1.25 (0.98–1.59) .067 1.13 (0.89–1.44) .323 3606 (88.1) 489 (11.9) 1.34 (1.13–1.59) .001 1.22 (1.02–1.45) .025
≥4000 1460 (88.0) 200 (14.8) 1.65 (1.33–2.05) < 0.001 1.42 (1.14–1.77) .002 1564 (94.2) 96 (5.8) 1.31 (0.98–1.75) .064 1.12 (0.84–1.50) .429 1418 (85.4) 242 (14.6) 1.64 (1.35–2.00) < 0.001 1.42 (1.16–1.74) .001
Boys < 2000 107 (86.3) 17 (13.7) 1.69 (0.96–2.96) .098 1.87 (1.05–3.33) .033 118 (95.2) 6 (4.8) 0.77 (0.32–1.86) .567 0.83 (0.34–2.01) .682 107 (86.3) 17 (13.7) 1.39 (0.80–2.41) .251 1.51 (0.86–2.66) .155
2000–2499 191 (88.0) 26 (12.0) 1.42 (0.89–2.26) .136 1.47 (0.91–2.38) .117 203 (93.5) 14 (6.5) 1.23 (0.67–2.25) .511 1.24 (0.67–2.30) .497 186 (85.7) 31 (14.3) 1.45 (0.94–2.23) .093 1.51 (0.96–2.35) .072
2500–2999 972 (91.2) 94 (8.8) Ref Ref 1009 (94.7) 57 (5.3) Ref Ref 955 (89.6) 111 (10.4) Ref Ref
3000–3499 2814 (91.2) 270 (8.8) 1.01 (0.79–1.29) .956 0.93 (0.73–1.20) .596 2923 (94.8) 161 (5.2) 0.98 (0.72–1.34) .914 0.92 (0.67–1.26) .608 2747 (89.1) 337 (10.9) 1.07 (0.85–1.34) .550 1.00 (0.80–1.27) .973
3500–3999 2091 (89.0) 259 (11.0) 1.29 (1.01–1.65) .045 1.15 (0.89–1.48) .288 2207 (93.9) 143 (6.1) 1.14 (0.83–1.57) .405 1.02 (0.74–1.41) .903 2048 (87.1) 302 (12.9) 1.28 (1.01–1.61) .040 1.14 (0.90–1.45) .266
≥4000 947 (87.8) 131 (12.2) 1.40 (1.06–1.85) .019 1.21 (0.91–1.62) .185 1016 (94.2) 62 (5.8) 1.10 (0.76–1.60) .618 0.95 (0.65–1.38) .781 915 (84.9) 163 (15.1) 1.53 (1.18–1.98) .001 1.32 (1.02–1.72) .038
Girls < 2000 94 (83.9) 18 (16.1) 3.06 (1.73–5.41) < 0.001 3.14 (1.76–5.60) < 0.001 105 (93.8) 7 (6.2) 1.50 (0.65–3.48) .359 1.51 (0.65–3.51) .338 93 (83.0) 19 (17.0) 2.33 (1.34–4.02) .003 2.37 (1.36–4.12) .002
2000–2499 249 (91.2) 24 (8.8) 1.56 (0.96–2.53) .069 1.62 (0.99–2.64) .054 257 (94.1) 16 (5.9) 1.74 (0.96–3.13) .066 1.73 (0.96–3.13) .069 241 (88.3) 32 (11.7) 1.62 (1.05–2.45) .029 1.66 (1.08–2.54) .022
2500–2999 1254 (94.1) 78 (5.9) Ref Ref 1285 (96.5) 47 (3.5) Ref Ref 1229 (92.3) 103 (7.7) Ref Ref
3000–3499 3151 (93.8) 210 (6.2) 1.08 (0.82–1.41) .594 1.03 (0.79–1.35) .830 3221 (95.8) 140 (4.2) 1.19 (0.85–1.67) .311 1.13 (0.81–1.60) .473 3084 (91.8) 277 (8.2) 1.08 (0.85–1.36) .541 1.03 (0.81–1.31) .794
3500–3999 1588 (91.0) 157 (9.0) 1.59 (1.20–2.11) .001 1.46 (1.10–1.95) .009 1659 (95.1) 86 (4.9) 1.38 (0.96–1.98) .087 1.26 (0.87–1.82) .215 1558 (89.3) 187 (10.7) 1.43 (1.11–1.84) .006 1.32 (1.02–1.70) .035
≥4000 513 (88.1) 69 (11.9) 2.11 (1.50–2.97) < 0.001 1.81 (1.28–2.57) .001 548 (94.2) 34 (5.8) 1.42 (0.89–2.25) .023 1.42 (0.90–2.26) .135 503 (86.4) 79 (13.6) 1.84 (1.35–2.51) < 0.001 1.58 (1.15–2.18) .004

SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SD Standard deviation, SE Standard error, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, Ref Reference

aCalculated in the binary logistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, gestational age, area of residence, season of birth

bAdditional adjustment for BAZ.

cbased on OR1; reference: birth weight at 2500–2999 g

dbased on OR2; reference: birth weight at 2500–2999 g