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Table 4 Maternal BMI change from 1988 to 2015 [β (95% CI)] in relation to cumulative number of liveborn in the INCAP Longitudinal Study

From: Age at childbirth and change in BMI across the life-course: evidence from the INCAP Longitudinal Study

 

Cumulative number of liveborn

p trend

 

0 child

(n=86)

1 child

(n=95)

2 children

(n=151)

3 children

(n=173)

≥ 4 children

(n=273)

 

Current BMIa

27.4 (5.2)

28.3 (4.7)

28.1 (5.2)

29.8 (4.8)

29.7 (5.2)

 

Model 1

Reference

-0.27 (-1.68, 1.13)

-0.27 (-1.53, 0.97)

0.19 (-0.96, 1.36)

0.17 (-0.93, 1.27)

0.34

Model 2

Reference

0.06 (-1.30, 1.41)

-0.41 (-1.62, 0.80)

0.27 (-0.85, 1.39)

0.59 (-0.48, 1.66)

0.02

Model 3

Reference

0.28 (-1.11, 1.67)

-0.03 (-1.26, 1.19)

0.69 (-0.45, 1.84)

0.87 (-0.23, 1.96)

0.02

Model 4

Reference

0.30 (-1.09, 1.69)

-0.01 (-1.24, 1.21)

0.69 (-0.46, 1.83)

0.82 (-0.29, 1.92)

0.04

Model 5

Reference

0.29 (-1.09, 1.68)

0.09 (-1.12, 1.32)

0.75 (-0.39, 1.88)

0.93 (-0.17, 2.03)

0.03

Model 6

Reference

0.29 (-1.09, 1.68)

0.09 (-1.12, 1.32)

0.79 (-0.36, 1.93)

0.93 (-0.17, 2.03)

0.02

  1. Exposure= Cumulative number of liveborn children (1988-2015) Outcome= Change in BMI over 1988-2015
  2. Model 1= Unadjusted; Model 2= Age-adjusted; Model 3= Model 2 + BMI at 1988; Model 4= Model 3 + schooling; Model 5= Model 4 + atole exposure; Model 6= Model 5 + maternal schooling
  3. aData from 2015 follow-up, Mean (SD)