Table 2 Mean difference in BMI-for-age z-score per increase in category of maternal education, N = 12,385 (estimated from multilevel models)
From: Socioeconomic differences in childhood BMI trajectories in Belarus
Mean difference in BMI-for-age z-score per category of mother’s education | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncontrolled | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
Coefa (95% CIb) | p for trendc | Coef (95% CI) | p for trendc | Coef (95% CI) | p for trendc | Coef (95% CI) | p for trendc | ||
Girls, N = 5969 | |||||||||
BMI z-score at birth | 0.05 (0.01, 0.08) | 0.005 | 0.04 (0.01, 0.08) | 0.02 | 0.04 (0, 0.07) | 0.03 | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.06) | 0.14 | |
BMI z-score trajectory from: | |||||||||
0–3 months | −0.19 (−0.36, −0.01) | 0.04 | −0.15 (−0.32, 0.02) | 0.09 | −0.16 (−0.33, 0.02) | 0.08 | −0.11 (−0.28, 0.07) | 0.22 | |
>3–12 months | −0.05 (−0.11, 0) | 0.05 | −0.04 (−0.09, 0.02) | 0.21 | −0.04 (−0.09, 0.02) | 0.20 | −0.03 (−0.09, 0.03) | 0.29 | |
>12–34 months | 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) | 0.81 | 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) | 0.93 | 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) | 0.95 | 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) | 0.87 | |
>34–84 months | 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.001 | 0.02 (0, 0.03) | 0.01 | 0.02 (0, 0.03) | 0.03 | 0.02 (0, 0.03) | 0.02 | |
Boys, N = 6416 | |||||||||
BMI z-score at birth | 0.06 (0.03, 0.1) | <0.001 | 0.05 (0.02, 0.09) | 0.002 | 0.05 (0.02, 0.09) | 0.002 | 0.05 (0.01, 0.08) | 0.009 | |
BMI z-score trajectory from | |||||||||
0–3 months | −0.19 (−0.37, −0.01) | 0.04 | −0.15 (−0.33, 0.03) | 0.09 | −0.17 (−0.35, 0.01) | 0.06 | −0.15 (−0.33, 0.03) | 0.11 | |
>3–12 months | −0.01 (−0.07, 0.05) | 0.67 | 0.00 (−0.05, 0.06) | 0.88 | 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) | 0.83 | 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) | 0.64 | |
>12–34 months | −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) | 0.25 | −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) | 0.14 | −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) | 0.13 | −0.02 (−0.06, 0.01) | 0.13 | |
>34–84 months | 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) | <0.001 | 0.03 (0.01, 0.04) | <0.001 | 0.03 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.001 | 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.002 | |
