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Table 1 Bacsic characteristics of participants according to group of BW (Mean ± SD)

From: Birth weight is associated with obesity and T2DM in adulthood among Chinese women

Variables

Birth weight(g)

Total

Lower BW(< 2500 g)

Median BW(2500 g ~ 3500 g)

Higher BW(> 3500 g)

n

743

2752

510

4005

Age(years)

49.50 ± 7.55

49.17 ± 7.85

46.29 ± 8.86†

48.86 ± 7.99

Height(cm)

159.83 ± 5.05

161.07 ± 4.79†

162.51 ± 5.43†

161.03 ± 4.98

Weight(Kg)

59.33 ± 9.09

60.69 ± 8.58†

62.18 ± 9.17†

60.63 ± 8.79

BMI

23.22 ± 3.42

23.39 ± 3.19

23.56 ± 3.55

23.38 ± 3.28

Obesity(%)

60(8.1%)

185(6.7%)

46(9.0%)

291(7.3%)

Birth weight (g)

2394.62 ± 313.21

3101.29 ± 195.15†

3832.07 ± 277.27†

3063.24 ± 461.91

Hypertension (%)

123(16.6%)

403(14.6%)

66(12.9%)

592(14.8%)

Type 2 diabetes(%)

39(5.2%)

99(3.6%)

10(2.0%)

148(3.7%)

  1. Compared with the Lower BW group, P < 0.05