Table 3 Linear regression associations between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and children’s mental problems at 11 years of age.
Outcome—SDQ | Any difficulty (βs) (p-value) | Emotional symptoms (βs) (p-value) | Conduct problems (βs) (p-value) | Hyperactivity/ inattention (βs) (p-value) | Peer relationship problems (βs) (p-value) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | |
Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI | ||||||||||
All | 0.008 (0.649) | 0.02 (< 0.001) | 0.02 (0.370) | 0.02 (< 0.001) | 0.23 (0.179) | 0.04 (< 0.001) | −0.03 (0.123) | 0.01 (< 0.001) | 0.03 (0.086) | 0.04 (< 0.001) |
Boys | −0.01 (0.836) | 0.01 (< 0.001) | 0.01 (0.779) | 0.01 (0.144) | 0.02 (0.334) | 0.03 (< 0.001) | −0.03 (0.150) | −0.02 (< 0.001) | 0.01 (0.757) | 0.02 (< 0.001) |
Girls | 0.03 (0.288) | 0.05 (< 0.001) | 0.02 (0.353) | 0.03 (< 0.001) | 0.03 (0.297) | 0.05 (< 0.001) | −0.01 (0.697) | 0.02 (0.536) | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.10 (< 0.001) |
