Socioeconomic disparities in prepregnancy BMI and impact on maternal and neonatal outcomes and postpartum weight retention: the EFHL longitudinal birth cohort study

Table 5 Determinants of high postpartum weight retention (within the top quintile) with underweight prepregnancy BMI group excluded (n = 1213)

Maternal and nutrition factor	Adjusted OR^a(95% CI)	p-value (2-sided)
Breastfeed (≥3 months)	0.673 (0.471 – 0.961)	0.030*
Three or less serves of fruit/vegetables	2.005 (1.317 – 3.053)	0.001*
Takeaway foods (more than once a week)	1.006 (0.541 – 1.871)	0.986
No recreational activity with baby	1.916 (1.345 – 2.728)	< 0.001*
Moderate physical activity (less than once a week)	1.157 (0.815 – 1.641)	0.415
Walking - 30 mins or more (less than once a week)	1.691 (1.055 – 2.709)	0.029*
Maternal mental health (medium/high risk)	0.921 (0.523 – 1.624)	0.777
Live with biological father/spouse/partner	0.933 (0.498 – 1.748)	0.830
Have relationship status changed	0.788 (0.446 – 1.389)	0.410
One month or more as a single parent	0.876 (0.510 – 1.505)	0.633
Have a paid job after birth	0.966 (0.680 – 1.370)	0.845
Spend time with family (less than once a week)	0.874 (0.551 – 1.388)	0.569
Spend time with friends (less than once a week)	1.695 (1.024 – 2.804)	0.040*

^*Significant at the 0.05 level.
^aAdjusted for confounding factors: maternal age, employment (categorical) and education, marital status (categorical), paternal employment (categorical) and education, household ownership, number of children under 16, alcohol intake and smoking status during pregnancy, maternal non-medical drug use, primiparity, pre-existing hypertension, year of recruitment, and prepregnancy BMI grouping.

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