Table 1 Characteristics of study population (in 2002) according to famine exposure in early life (N=2007)
From: Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood
Exposed cohort | Non-exposed cohort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Late childhood | Mid childhood | Early childhood | Fetal-exposed | ||
N | 468 | 405 | 424 | 272 | 438 |
Women (%) | 53.0 | 57.0 | 52.6 | 59.9 | 54.1 |
Birth date | |||||
(From Oct 1, year) | 1952 | 1954 | 1956 | 1959 | 1962 |
(To Sep 30, year) | 1954 | 1956 | 1958 | 1961 | 1964 |
Age in 2002 (years) | 48-49 | 46-47 | 44-45 | 41-42 | 38-39 |
Anemia (%) | 29.7 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 33.8 | 26.0 |
Hypertension (%) | 29.1 | 26.4 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 17.8 |
Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 13.3(1.9) | 13.3(1.9) | 13.5(2.0) | 13.2(1.9) | 13.5(1.9) |
Ferritin (μg/l) a | 87.3(83.4) | 96.9(92.5) | 77.9(65.6) | 79.9(83.3) | 98.7(90.5) |
Height (cm) | 160.4(7.7) | 160.1(7.8) | 160.1(7.8) | 160.8(7.3) | 162.2(8.0) |
Weight (kg) | 61.6(9.6) | 64.0(47.7) | 61.4(10.2) | 63.2(10.1) | 62.8(11.3) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.9(3.1) | 24.9(17.1) | 23.9(3.4) | 24.4(3.3) | 23.8(3.3) |
Overweight (BMI≥24 kg/m2) (%) | 45.3 | 46.3 | 43.6 | 49.3 | 42.7 |
Comorbidity (%) | |||||
Anemia and overweight | 14.3 | 16.3 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 8.7 |
Anemia and hypertension | 7.9 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 2.7 |
Smoker (%) | 33.0 | 28.9 | 30.8 | 25.6 | 27.4 |
Alcohol drinker (%) | 27.7 | 25.0 | 31.4 | 24.7 | 26.2 |
Education (%) | |||||
Low | 63.7 | 52.3 | 42.9 | 34.2 | 25.3 |
Medium | 29.1 | 34.3 | 33.5 | 36.4 | 53.7 |
High | 7.3 | 13.3 | 23.6 | 29.4 | 21.0 |
Manual job (%) | 62.9 | 60.2 | 64.1 | 60.9 | 61.1 |
Living in rural (%) | 77.2 | 72.5 | 75.2 | 64.6 | 65.6 |
Intake of iron (mg/d) a | |||||
Total iron | 25.8(10.9) | 27.0(11.2) | 27.3(11.0) | 26.2(9.9) | 27.6(11.7) |
Non heme iron | 22.9(10.0) | 24.0(10.4) | 24.6(11.4) | 24.0(10.1) | 25.1(11.6) |
Heme iron | 2.9(5.2) | 3.0(4.1) | 2.7(3.3) | 2.3(2.8) | 2.5(3.5) |