Table 1

Diabetes mortality in relation to birth characteristics of offspring

Hazard ratio (95% CI)
MothersFathers
Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) per standard deviation higher offspring birth weight (0.536 kg in maternal analyses and 0.532 kg in paternal analyses) or birth length (0.023 m maternal and 0.023 m paternal analyses).
Birth weight0.48 (0.42 to 0.54)0.89 (0.80 to 0.98)
    controlling for gestational age0.73 (0.59 to 0.91)0.86 (0.76 to 0.97)
    controlling for birth length0.70 (0.56 to 0.87)0.89 (0.76 to 1.04)
    controlling for gestational age and birth length0.92 (0.68 to 1.24)0.84 (0.71 to 1.01)
    controlling for offspring year of birth0.47 (0.41 to 0.54)0.89 (0.80 to 0.98)
Birth length0.54 (0.49 to 0.59)0.88 (0.80 to 0.98)
    controlling for gestational age0.61 (0.51 to 0.73)0.85 (0.75 to 0.96)
    controlling for birth weight0.65 (0.56 to 0.75)0.89 (0.77 to 1.04)
    controlling for gestational age and birth weight0.56 (0.45 to 0.69)0.85 (0.71 to 1.01)
    controlling for offspring year of birth0.54 (0.49 to 0.59)0.88 (0.80 to 0.97)
Premature delivery10.71 (7.15 to 16.04)0.92 (0.54 to 1.57)
    controlling for birth weight4.18 (2.52 to 6.91)0.70 (0.39 to 1.25)