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Table 3 Association between birth weight and blood pressure

From: Risk of low birth weight on adulthood hypertension - evidence from a tertiary care hospital in a South Asian country, Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

 

OR (95% CI)

P

Systolic Blood Pressure

 Low birth weight

2.89 (1.07 to 8.25)

0.04

 Age

1.16 (1.04 to 1.32)

0.01

 Less fruit consumption

2.78 (1.21 to 6.71)

0.02

Diastolic Blood Pressure

 Low birth weight

0.75 (0.22 to 2.16)

0.62

 Family history hypertension

2.61 (1.06 to 6.94)

0.04

Hypertension

 Low birth weight

3.15 (1.17 to 9.35)

0.03

 Age

1.24 (1.11 to 1.41)

<0.01

  1. P – Type 3 significance level