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Table 4 Logistic regression of characteristics associated with overweight/obesity among weaned children

From: Maternal obesity, environmental factors, cesarean delivery and breastfeeding as determinants of overweight and obesity in children: results from a cohort

Variables

Model 1-distal

p

Model 2-intermediate

p

Model 3-proximal

p

PR (95%CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

Mother’s educational level ≤8 years of schooling

0.39 (0.19 – 0.74)

0.006

0.33 (0.16 – 0.65)

0.002

0.39 (0.19 – 0.78)

0.009

Mother working outside the home at time of birth

2.01 (1.22 – 3.31)

0.006

2.34 (1.39 – 3.98)

0.001

1.83 (1.05 – 3.21)

0.032

Mother overweight/obese

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3.12 (1.86 – 5.32)

<0.000

3.05 (1.81 – 5.25)

<0.000

Caesarean delivery

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1.98 (1.14 – 3.50)

0.016