Maternal lifestyle characteristics during pregnancy, and the risk of obesity in the offspring: a study of 5,125 children

Table 2 Results (OR, 95%CI, p ) from logistic regression models that used to evaluate the association of maternal characteristics with offspring BMI status (overweight/obesity vs. normal weight) at the age of 8 years

Predictors	Univariate models⁽¹⁾OR 95% CI	p value	Full model⁽²⁾OR 95% CI	p value	Full model, plus confounders⁽³⁾OR 95% CI	p value
GWG, per 1 Kg	1.015 (1.005-1.025)	0.002	1.014 (1.004-1.024)	0.005	1.012 (1.002-1.022)	0.001
Smoking status during pregnancy (Yes vs. No)	1.255 (1.053-1.497)	0.011	1.232 (1.03-1.47)	0.023	1.256 (1.044-1.511)	0.016
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy (Yes vs. No)	1.028 (0.845-1.251)	0.78	1.11 (0.90-1.36)	0.33	1.141 (0.924-1.408)	0.22
Exercise level during pregnancy		0.041		0.039		0.019
Moderate vs. sedentary	0.786 (0.670-0.923)	0.003	0.771 (0.654-0.910)	0.002	0.747 (0.631-0.884)	0.001
Sometimes per week vs. sedentary	0.958 (0.809-1.135)	0.620	0.961 (0.809-1.140)	0.646	0.953 (0.800-1.135)	0.59
Often vs. sedentary	0.787 (0.561-1.104)	0.166	0.84 (0.593-1.192)	0.329	0.87 (0.606-1.243)	0.44
Daily vs. sedentary	0.884 (0.574-1.362)	0.576	0.891 (0.554-1.433)	0.636	0.955 (0.589-1.549)	0.85

⁽¹⁾The effect of each predictor on the offspring BMI status was separately evaluated; ⁽²⁾Includes all predictors (i.e. maternal age at pregnancy, gestational weight gain, exercise levels, alcohol consumption and smoking on obesity status); ⁽³⁾Includes all predictors entered in the full model plus, birth weight, maternal weight status pre-pregnancy and history of breastfeeding, as potential confounders.

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