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Table 5 Regression of the body composition variables at 18 years in the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort according to categories of age at menarche

From: Impact of the age at menarche on body composition in adulthood: results from two birth cohort studies

Variables at 18 years

Confounding factor adjustmenta

Confounding factor adjustmenta + BMIc at 11 years

Confounding factor adjustmenta

Confounding factor adjustmenta + BMIc at 11 years

Reference

β (95 % CI)

Age at Menarche (years)

≤11

12–13

≥14

Waist circumference (cm)

5.1

0.13

2.74

0.34

-

(3.4; 6.3)

(−0.85; 1.1)

(1.7; 3.8)

(−0.51; 1.2)

 

Fat mass index (kg/m2)

2.2

0.26

1.2

0.26

-

(1.7; 2.6)

(−0.08; 0.60)

(0.78; 1.6)

(−0.04; 0.55)

 

Fat-free mass index (kg/m2)

0.39

−0.24

0.24

−0.07

-

(0.20; 0.58)

(−0.41; −0.07)

(0.07; 0.41)

(−0.22; 0.08)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

2.8

0.13

1.5

0.20

-

(2.2; 3.4)

(−0.31; 0.56)

(0.97; 2.0)

(−0.18; 0.58)

 

Overweighta,b

2.2

1.2

1.7

1.2

-

(1.7; 2.7)

(0.93; 1.4)

(1.3; 2.1)

(0.97–1.4)

 
  1. aAdjustment for confounding factors: maternal pregestational weight, maternal schooling, household score index (18 years of age), family income at birth, birth weight, and skin color (11 years of age); bPrevalence Ratio (95 % CI); cBMI z-score at 11 years