Table 3 Association between DXA-assessed total fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 9.9 years

From: Are there socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in childhood, and are they mediated by adiposity? Findings from a prospective cohort study

 

Boys, N=3809

Girls, N=3913

 

β

95% CI

β

(95% CI)

Cholesterol (mmol l–1)

0.00002

(0.00001 to 0.00002)

0.00002

(0.00001 to 0.00002)

Triglycerides (mmol l–1)

0.00003

(0.00002 to 0.00003)

0.00003

(0.00002 to 0.00003)

High-density lipoprotein (mmol l–1)

−0.00002

(−0.00002 to −0.00001)

−0.00002

(−0.00002 to −0.00002)

Apolipoprotein A1 (mg per 100 ml)

−0.0006

(−0.0008 to −0.0004)

−0.0007

(−0.0009 to −0.0005)

Apolipoprotein B (mg per 100 ml)

0.0006

(0.0005 to 0.0007)

0.0007

(0.0005 to 0.0008)

Adiponectin (mg ml–1)

−0.09

(−0.14 to −0.05)

−0.17

(−0.21 to −0.13)

Systolic blood pressure

0.0007

(0.0006 to 0.0007)

0.0007

(0.0006 to 0.0008)

Diastolic blood pressure

0.0003

(0.0002 to 0.0003)

0.0003

(0.0002 to 0.0003)

Logged C-reactive protein (mg l–1)

0.0001

(0.00009 to 0.0001)

0.0001

(0.0001 to 0.0001)

Logged leptin (ng ml–1)

0.0001

(0.0001 to 0.00013)

0.0001

(0.0001 to 0.0001)

Logged interleukin-6 (pg ml–1)

0.00004

(0.00002 to 0.00005)

0.00004

(0.00003 to 0.00005)

  1. Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
  2. N=7722 participants with multivariate imputation.
  3. Linear regression coefficients from regressions of total fat mass on the cardiovascular risk factor, adjusted for age, height and height squared. Age, height and height squared were centred on mean values (for boys and girls separately), such that coefficients represent the change in the cardiovascular risk factor for a 1 kg increase in total fat mass at 9.9 years in a child of average height.
Back to article page