Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study subjects.
N (%) Mean (±S.D.)
Gender
Male 115 (63.2)
Female 67 (36.8)
Gestational age (weeks) 33.4 (3.13)
-27 16 (8.8)
28-30 18 (9.9)
31-33 46 (25.8)
34-36 102 (56.0)
Birth weight (g) 1844 (542)
-1000 13 (7.1)
1000-1500 35 (19.2)
1500-2000 62 (34.1)
2000-2500 54 (29.7)
2500- 18 (9.9)
SGA or not
SGA 50 (27.5)
AGA or heavier 131 (72.0)
Unknown 1 (0.5)
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9-10 years 12-13 years
N Boys Mean (±SD) β P-Value N Boys Mean (±SD) β P-Value
(girls) Girls Mean (±SD) (girls) Girls Mean (±SD)
Height (cm) 170 133.5 (5.75) 0.202 0.01* 107 155.4 (7.32) 0.296 0.01*
(62) 134.1 (7.57) (38) 150.4 (6.84)
Weight (kg) 170 29.81 (5.99) 0.145 0.06 107 44.26 (9.38) 0.235 0.02*
(62) 30.20 (6.06) (38) 41.67 (6.40)
BMI (kg/m2) 170 16.64 (2.57) 0.057 0.5 107 18.21 (2.95) 0.103 0.3
(62) 16.66 (2.15) (38) 18.36 (1.87)
Systolic blood
pressure (mmHg) 169 101.9 (11.4) -0.153 0.04* 106 108.7 (14.6) -0.210 0.02*
(61) 102.5 (10.3) (38) 104.5 (11.5)
Diastolic blood
pressure (mmHg) 169 56.54 (11.2) -0.140 0.07 106 56.74 (11.7) -0.108 0.3
(61) 57.90 (10.3) (38) 55.55 (9.51)
TC (mg/dl) 169 172.1 (27.4) -0.067 0.4 106 164.5 (22.6) -0.090 0.4
(61) 176.5 (29.1) (38) 173.5 (25.1)
HDL-C (mg/dl) 169 65.19 (14.1) -0.036 0.6 106 63.50 (12.6) -0.094 0.3
(61) 62.75 (13.1) (38) 65.18 (12.6)
LDL-C (mg/dl) 121 91.53 (22.8) -0.070 0.5 84 87.69 (20.5) -0.12 0.3
(42) 98.98 (27.0) (31) 93.87 (22.5)
TG (mg/dl) 121 74.21 (70.2) -0.023 0.8 84 36.75 (41.9) -0.047 0.7
(42) 89.24 (60.0) (31) 81.68 (30.1)
Table 2
The associations between gestational age and anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, and lipid levels.
* P-Value ＜ 0.05
Age 9-10 years Age 12-13 years
AGA SGA AGA SGA
N Mean
(±SD) N Mean
(±SD) P- Value N Mean
(±SD) N Mean
(±SD) P-Value Height (cm) 123 134.2
(5.97) 46 132.0
(7.21) 0.009* 79 154.5
(7.09) 27 150.3
(7.26) 0.009*
Weight (kg) 123 30.49
(5.89) 46 28.37
(6.08) 0.007* 79 44.35
(8.95) 27 40.03
(6.06) 0.008*
BMI (kg/m2) 123 16.85
(2.55) 46 16.12
(2.00) 0.06 79 18.47
(2.82) 27 17.66
(1.81) 0.08 Systolic blood
pressure (mmHg) 122 102.4
(11.3) 46 101.2
(11.0) 0.5 79 108.2
(14.2) 26 103.5
(11.2) 0.8
Diastolic blood
pressure (mmHg) 122 58.11
(10.5) 46 53.91
(11.3) 0.2 79 56.80
(11.4) 26 54.35
(8.68) 0.5
TC (mg/dl) 122 171.8
(27.3) 46 179.0
(29.8) 0.1 79 166.2
(22.6) 26 173.0
(27.4) 0.4
HDL-C (mg/dl) 122 63.70
(13.4) 46 65.96
(14.9) 0.7 79 65.54
(12.0) 26 65.81
(14.6) 0.9
LDL-C (mg/dl) 89 91.52
(24.5) 32 92.53
(23.0) 0.4 61 88.48
(20.3) 23 93.74
(23.9) 0.3
TG (mg/dl) 89 73.93
(65.6) 32 94.69
(69.5) 0.07 61 88.46
(40.7) 23 75.39
(27.7) 0.5
