Table 5

Associations between conditional weight and length/height gain in infancy and childhood adjusted for each other and outcomes at age 14–15 years

Outcome	Conditional weight gain^*			Conditional length/height gain^†
Outcome	β ^‡	SE	p Value	β ^‡	SE	p Value
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
0–6 mo	1.79	0.39	<0.01	−0.74	0.38	0.05
6–12 mo	−0.04	0.37	0.91	0.00	0.36	0.99
12–48 mo	0.89	0.41	0.03	0.50	0.49	0.31
BMI (kg/m²)
0–6 mo	1.38	0.21	<0.01	−0.59	0.21	0.01
6–12 mo	0.78	0.19	<0.01	−0.31	0.17	0.07
12–48 mo	2.35	0.23	<0.01	−1.01	0.20	<0.01
Sum of triceps and subscapular skin folds (mm)
0–6 mo	3.46	0.60	<0.01	−1.07	0.63	0.09
6–12 mo	1.72	0.62	0.01	−0.13	0.52	0.80
12–48 mo	6.06	0.79	<0.01	−2.44	0.67	<0.01
Subscapular/triceps ratio*10²
0–6 mo	0.05	1.24	0.97	−1.73	1.35	0.20
6–12 mo	−0.04	1.12	0.97	−1.55	1.18	0.19
12–48 mo	0.73	1.24	0.56	−0.54	1.51	0.72

1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil, 2008.
↵* Adjustment for sex, skin colour, puberty status, socioeconomic level, pre-gestational BMI, smoking during pregnancy and length/height gain in the same period.
↵† Adjustment for sex, skin colour, puberty status, socioeconomic level, pre-gestational BMI, smoking during pregnancy and weight gain in the same period.
↵‡ Change in outcome per SD increase in conditional weight or length/height.
β, beta coefficient; BMI, body mass index; mo, months.