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Table 2 Associations between childhood maltreatment and pre-pregnancy BMI status

From: Associations of childhood maltreatment with pre-pregnancy obesity and maternal postpartum mental health: a cross-sectional study

 

Underweight

Overweight

Obesity

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

adj. OR

95% CI

adj. OR

95% CI

adj. OR

95% CI

adj. OR

95% CI

adj. OR

95% CI

adj. OR

95% CI

Sexual abuse

 None

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Slight

1.19

0.27-5.34

1.30

0.28-6.04

0.53

0.16-1.81

0.55

0.16-1.89

1.15

0.33-4.03

1.10

0.30-4.02

 Moderate

1.79

0.50-6.40

1.61

0.39-6.62

0.46

0.13-1.60

0.35

0.15-1.95

0.33

0.04-2.59

0.23

0.03-1.88

 Severe

0.68

0.08-5.48

0.80

0.10-6.74

0.77

0.22-2.74

0.91

0.25-3.37

0.92

0.20-4.28

0.65

0.13-3.19

Physical abuse

 None

Ref.

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Slight

1.32

0.29-5.97

1.80

0.37-8.74

0.58

0.17-1.98

0.63

0.18-2.24

1.45

0.41-5.13

1.75

0.46-6.67

 Moderate

4.26

0.82-22.17

5.42

0.82-35.87

0.51

0.10-2.66

0.60

0.12-3.35

2.53

0.59-10.87

3.45

0.70-17.05

 Severe

–

–

–

–

0.40

0.05-3.23

0.44

0.05-3.93

3.86

1.10-13.58

5.24

1.15-23.75

Emotional abuse

 None

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Slight

1.10

0.41-2.95

0.73

0.24-2.24

0.73

0.36-1.47

0.76

0.36-1.61

0.45

1.16-12.94

0.48

0.12-1.62

 Moderate

1.27

0.16-10.25

1.15

0.12-11.03

1.13

0.31-4.16

1.36

0.33-5.59

3.88

1.16-12.94

4.20

0.99-17.86

 Severe

0.57

0.07-4.42

0.45

0.04-4.80

0.48

0.14-1.67

0.71

0.16-3.25

2.08

0.78-5.56

1.90

0.43-8.44

Physical neglect

 None

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Slight

0.15

0.02-1.08

0.13

0.02-0.94

1.11

0.63-1.95

1.13

0.63-2.45

0.79

0.32-1.94

0.77

0.31-1.92

 Moderate

0.33

0.04-2.51

0.19

0.01-1.62

0.75

0.29-1.90

0.89

0.33-2.45

1.04

0.34-3.18

0.87

0.24-3.09

 Severe

1.45

0.17-12.58

0.76

0.07-7.89

1.02

0.25-4.12

1.45

0.33-6.31

4.43

1.32-14.91

3.58

0.88-14.62

Emotional neglect

 None

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Slight

1.72

0.82-3.61

2.05

0.91-4.63

1.02

0.60-1.73

1.16

0.67-2.01

0.82

0.37-1.82

0.89

0.38-2.08

 Moderate

–

–

–

–

1.18

0.38-3.66

2.19

0.60-8.03

0.55

0.07-4.35

0.70

0.07-6.73

 Severe

0.75

0.09-5.94

1.68

0.13-22.21

0.91

0.3-2.64

2.34

0.58-9.40

3.33

1.29-8.61

4.07

0.91-18.35

  1. Odds ratios from multinominal logistic regression models for pre-pregnancy underweight, overweight and obesity relative to normal weight by different forms of childhood maltreatment (n = 741)
  2. aadjusted for demographic covariates (age, education, nationality, marital status, parity), b adjusted for demographic covariates and presence of all other types of childhood maltreatment (present vs. absent)
  3. statistically significant associations (p < 0.05) are printed in bold type, substantial trends (p < 0.07) are printed in italic type
  4. -- empty cell, Ref. = reference group
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