Baseline characteristics of the study participants based on famine exposure level
| Variables | Famine exposure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unexposed | Moderate | Severe | p Value | |
| n=139 | n=103 | n=44 | ||
| Age at famine, mean (SD) | 7.6 (4.7) | 8.9 (5.6) | 8.7 (4.3) | 0.10 |
| Age category, n (%) | ||||
| Through 9 years | 98 (70.5) | 64 (62.1) | 29 (65.9) | 0.39 |
| 10–18 years | 41 (29.5) | 39 (37.9) | 15 (34.1) | |
| Age at CT scan | 67.7 (5.0) | 69.0 (5.4) | 69.0 (4.7) | 0.11 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 26.4 (4.4) | 27.3 (4.6) | 27.8 (4.6) | 0.12 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio, mean (SD) | 0.84 (0.07) | 0.86 (0.07) | 0.85 (0.06) | 0.06 |
| Highest systolic BP (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 141.5 (20.4) | 143.1 (23.4) | 145.0 (21.8) | 0.63 |
| Highest diastolic BP (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 75.4 (9.6) | 74.8 (9.6) | 74.6 (8.2) | 0.87 |
| Cholesterol to HDL ratio, mean (SD) | 4.5 (1.2) | 4.7 (1.4) | 4.8 (1.2) | 0.43 |
| Glucose level (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 5.6 (1.0) | 5.8 (1.2) | 5.5 (0.5) | 0.35 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L), median (range) | 1.0 (0.5–3.8) | 1.1 (0.3–3.7) | 1.3 (0.5–3.2) | 0.15* |
| Smoking, n (%) | ||||
| Currently | 9 (6.5) | 11 (10.7) | 3 (6.8) | 0.71 |
| Former | 57 (41.0) | 45 (43.7) | 18 (40.9) | |
| Never | 75 (52.5) | 47 (45.6) | 23 (52.3) | |
| Pack-years smoked in ever/current smokers, median (range) | 6.0 (0.05–94) | 7.4 (0.05–73.5) | 11.5 (0.03–53.8) | 0.66 |
| Pack-years smoked, median (range) | 0.0 (0.0–94) | 0.3 (0.0–73.5) | 0.0 (0.0–53.8) | 0.57* |
| Metabolic syndrome, n (%) | 15 (10.8) | 18 (17.5) | 3 (6.5) | 0.14 |
*Kruskal-Wallis test.