Weight at birth and one year in relation to bone mineral among 224 men and 189 women born in Hertfordshire during 1920-1930
| Sex | Weight | Category | No | Lumbar spine | Femoral neck | ||||||||
| BMC (g) |
BMD (g cm−2) | BMC (g) |
BMD (g cm−2) | ||||||||||
| Men | Birth (kg) | < 3.3 | 64 | 73.5 (14.4) | 1.06 (0.16) | 5.00 (0.84) | 0.81 (0.12) | ||||||
| 3.3-3.75 | 78 | 76.6 (17.4) | 1.08 (0.20) | 5.13 (0.86) | 0.81 (0.12) | ||||||||
| > 3.75 | 82 | 76.8 (15.7) | 1.05 (0.18) | 5.12 (0.97) | 0.80 (0.13) | ||||||||
| P-trend1-150 | 0.14 | 0.95 | 0.36 | 0.54 | |||||||||
| 1 year (kg) | < 9.85 | 74 | 73.0 (16.9) | 1.06 (0.19) | 4.97 (0.91) | 0.81 (0.14) | |||||||
| 9.85-10.75 | 75 | 76.5 (15.5) | 1.06 (0.17) | 5.18 (0.95) | 0.81 (0.12) | ||||||||
| > 10.75 | 75 | 77.8 (15.3) | 1.07 (0.18) | 5.12 (0.82) | 0.81 (0.12) | ||||||||
| P-trend1-150 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.25 | 0.90 | |||||||||
| Women | Birth (kg) | < 3.18 | 66 | 50.7 (12.8) | 0.89 (0.18) | 3.78 (0.65) | 0.70 (0.09) | ||||||
| 3.18-3.63 | 64 | 54.7 (13.6) | 0.94 (0.17) | 3.95 (0.67) | 0.72 (0.11) | ||||||||
| > 3.63 | 58 | 55.0 (11.6) | 0.93 (0.16) | 3.91 (0.56) | 0.71 (0.09) | ||||||||
| P-trend1-150 | 0.056 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.43 | |||||||||
| 1 year (kg) | < 9.1 | 66 | 50.5 (12.8) | 0.90 (0.18) | 3.75 (0.65) | 0.70 (0.10) | |||||||
| 9.1-10.0 | 61 | 53.8 (10.2) | 0.92 (0.15) | 3.85 (0.56) | 0.70 (0.09) | ||||||||
| > 10.0 | 61 | 56.1 (14.6) | 0.94 (0.19) | 4.05 (0.65) | 0.73 (0.11) | ||||||||
| P-trend1-150 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.09 | |||||||||
Figures are mean values for bone mineral within each third of the distribution of weight at birth or one year; figures in parentheses are standard deviations.
↵1-150 χ2 test for linear trend, after adjusting for age.