Diastolic blood pressure in early old age by childhood and adult heights
| A | B | C | D | ||||||||||||
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| n | Mean (SD) | Mean difference (95% CI) | p value | Mean difference (95% CI) | p value | Mean difference (95% CI) | p value | ||||||||
| Childhood height | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 29 | 91.5 (9.5) | 4.5 (−1.2, 10.1) | 0.124 | 8.1 (0.8, 15.4) | 0.029 | 5.7 (−6.1, 17.5) | 0.343 | |||||||
| 2 | 30 | 85.6 (12.7) | −1.9 (−7.6, 3.7) | 0.502 | 1.7 (−5.3, 8.7) | 0.637 | −0.3 (−10.2, 9.5) | 0.947 | |||||||
| 3 | 30 | 90.2 (11.4) | 2.3 (−3.5, 8.0) | 0.439 | 6.2 (−1.3, 13.7) | 0.104 | 3.6 (−6.7, 14.0) | 0.490 | |||||||
| 4 | 30 | 84.4 (8.5) | −3.1 (−8.7, 2.5) | 0.279 | 1.7 (−5.1, 8.5) | 0.628 | −0.4 (−9.5, 8.9) | 0.939 | |||||||
| 5 | 30 | 87.1 (11.9) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 149 | 87.7 (11.1) | |||||||||||||
| Adult height | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 30 | 89.1 (12.0) | 4.1 (−1.7, 9.9) | 0.167 | 6.0 (−0.8, 12.9) | 0.085 | 2.6 (−8.1, 13.2) | 0.633 | |||||||
| 2 | 29 | 88.3 (8.6) | 2.8 (−3.1, 8.8) | 0.348 | 4.3 (−2.5, 11.0) | 0.211 | 2.4 (−7.3, 12.0) | 0.629 | |||||||
| 3 | 31 | 89.9 (11.6) | 3.9 (−2.1, 9.8) | 0.203 | 6.0 (−0.6, 12.5) | 0.076 | 4.2 (−4.7, 13.0) | 0.353 | |||||||
| 4 | 29 | 86.9 (10.1) | 1.0 (−4.9, 6.9) | 0.741 | 2.8 (−3.8, 9.4) | 0.401 | 1.9 (−6.2, 10.1) | 0.635 | |||||||
| 5 | 30 | 84.4 (12.5) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 149 | 87.7 (11.1) | |||||||||||||
A. Mean pressure in mm Hg with standard deviation by childhood and adult height fifths.
B. Mean difference in pressure compared with tallest fifth using multiple linear regression, adjusted for sex, age at interview, BMI, and use of antihypertension medication. Childhood and adult heights are modelled separately.
C. As model B, but with additional adjustment for childhood symptom score, childhood BMI, family expenditure on food, household crowding, father's class, number of years smoking, number of years in a job with low decision latitude, number of benefits being received, smoking status, car ownership, and social class. Childhood and adult heights are modelled separately.
D. As model C, but childhood and adult heights are included in the same model.