Table 1 Hospital admission for diarrhoea in the first 12 months of life and later mean blood pressure in adolescence and early adulthood
(1982 Pelotas birth cohort)
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | |||
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |
| Follow-up at age 15 years (4.9%)† | ||||
| Diarrhoea admission (n = 15) | 119.0 | 119.6 | 70.5 | 71.8 |
| No diarrhoea admission (n = 293) | 114.3 | 114.0 | 68.1 | 67.2 |
| p value for difference | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 0.14 |
| Follow-up at age 18 years (6.4%) | ||||
| Diarrhoea admission (n = 37) | 134.1 | 134.7 | 78.5 | 78.4 |
| No diarrhoea admission (n = 544) | 134.8 | 135.1 | 77.1 | 76.1 |
| p value for difference | 0.77 | 0.89 | 0.49 | 0.35 |
| Follow-up at age 19 years (2.8%) | ||||
| Diarrhoea admission (n = 4) | 104.8 | 91.8 | 64.8 | 52.0 |
| No diarrhoea admission (n = 138) | 113.6 | 113.9 | 71.7 | 71.7 |
| p value for difference | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Follow-up at age 23 years (6.5%) | ||||
| Diarrhoea admission (n = 73) | 118.2 | 124.7 | 74.7 | 79.3 |
| No diarrhoea admission (n = 1058) | 117.3 | 123.0 | 73.6 | 77.4 |
| p value for difference | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.22 |
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*Adjusted for sex, age, height and body mass index (all at the time of blood pressure measurement), birthweight and gestational age, maternal education and family income.
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†Prevalence of diarrhoea during first 12 months of life in parentheses.
