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. 2023 Jan 10;23:14. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03762-9

Table 4.

Distribution of the fat distribution according to birth weight (denoting fetal growth) and BMI-Z score (denoting current growth) tertiles and age of the children

Birth weight tertiles 5—< 10-year age group 10—15-year age group
Current BMI Z score tertile Current BMI Z score tertile
T1 T2 T3 Total T1 T2 T3 Total
Mean(SD) Mean(SD)
T1 13.1(5.0) 15.1(4.3) 28.1(9.6)a,b 17.4(8.6) 15.1(6.2) 19.5(5.8)3 33.6(10.2)a,b 21.4(10.4)
T2 131(3.4) 16.5(4.2) 30.5(9.3)a,b 19.7(9.7) 16.4(7.4) 17.2(5.2) 32.0(9.6)a,b 21.7(10.3)
T3 15.1(6.7) 16.4(3.8) 28.9(10.5)a,b 21.5(10.3) 12.8(4.0) 19.1(7.4)c 29.8(9.1)a,b 22.0(10.3)
Total 13.6(5.1) 15.9(4.2) 29.2(9.8) 15.0(6.3) 18.5(6.3) 31.5(9.6)

aT3 significantly differ from T1

bT3 significantly differ from T2

cT2 significantly differ from T1