Relation between cardiovascular outcome variables and length at birth
| Length at birth (cm) | Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | % Hypertension |
Left ventricular mass indexed by body surface area (g/m2) | % with left ventricular hypertrophy |
Pulse wave velocity in the aortofemoral segment (m/s) |
Pulse wave velocity in the aortoposterior tibial segment (m/s) |
| < 45.5 | 124 (57) | 25 (14) | 80 (52) | 4 (2) | 3.29 (56) | 5.67 (57) |
| 45.5–46.9 | 126 (135) | 27 (36) | 85 (119) | 12 (14) | 3.24 (132) | 5.66 (135) |
| 47.0–49.9 | 126 (134) | 33 (44) | 85 (117) | 15 (17) | 3.31 (132) | 5.73 (133) |
| 50.0+ | 132 (105) | 39 (41) | 88 (87) | 23 (20) | 3.29 (104) | 5.77 (105) |
| All | 127 (431) | 31 (135) | 85 (375) | 14 (53) | 3.28 (424) | 5.71 (430) |
| SD | 23 | – | 18 | – | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| p Value | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.007 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 4-150p Value | 0.06 | 0.07 | – | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
| 4-151p Value | – | – | 0.03 | 0.008 | – | – |