Table 3 Fixed effect estimates indicating mean %-differences between 78 VLBW adults and 72 sibling controls born at term, adjusted for covariates.

From: Abdominal adipose tissue and liver fat imaging in very low birth weight adults born preterm: birth cohort with sibling-controls

 

Effect estimate (%)

95% CI lower limit (%)

95% CI upper limit (%)

Abdominal adipose tissue**

Model 1

− 3.44

− 15.83

10.76

Model 2

1.05

− 13.72

18.36

Model 3

− 1.11

− 8.69

7.10

Subcutaneous adipose tissue**

Model 1

− 4.72

− 16.67

8.96

Model 2

− 0.48

− 14.80

16.26

Model 3

− 2.67

− 9.50

4.68

Visceral adipose tissue**

Model 1

1.63

− 13.90

19.96

Model 2

7.96

− 10.44

30.14

Model 3

6.68

− 6.62

21.87

Hepatic triglyceride content (n = 77 + 71)

Model 1

4.94

− 22.21

41.58

Model 2

12.05

− 20.16

57.26

Model 3

5.61

− 20.95

41.08

Subcutaneous fat double bond ratio (n = 77 + 72)

Model 1

− 3.69

− 7.82

0.62

Model 2

− 4.74*

− 9.19

− 0.08

Model 3

− 4.79*

− 9.22

− 0.14

Bone marrow double bond ratio (n = 65 + 60)

Model 1

0.16

− 2.96

3.38

Model 2

1.68

− 1.86

5.35

Model 3

1.76

− 1.78

5.42

  1. VLBW: very low birth weight (< 1500 g).
  2. Outcomes were log-transformed for analyses and are presented as %-differences using linear mixed models.
  3. Model 1 is adjusted for sex and age.
  4. Model 2 further adjusts for primiparity, maternal age, maternal BMI, maternal smoking, and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia.
  5. Model 3 further adjusts for subject’s BMI.
  6. *Denotes a statistical significance of p < 0.05.
  7. **Data available from 78 VLBW subjects and 71 siblings.
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