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Table 3 Logistic regressions over nutrition- and feeding practice-related risk factors for rapid weight gain during 0–3-4 months

From: Nutrition- and feeding practice-related risk factors for rapid weight gain during the first year of life: a population-based birth cohort study

Risk factors 0–3-4 m

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

n (total) = 1780

n in model

OR

95% CI

p

n in model

OR

95% CI

p

n in model

OR

95% CI

p

Breastfeeding

 0 months

1713

   

1577

   

1355

   

  No

 

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

 

  Yes

 

0.68

0.44, 1.05

0.080

 

0.68

0.43, 1.08

0.098

 

0.65

0.39, 1.07

0.090

 3–4 months

1710

   

1568

   

1347

   

  No

 

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

 

  Yes

 

0.57

0.44, 0.73

< 0.001

 

0.56

0.42, 0.73

< 0.001

 

0.52

0.39, 0.70

< 0.001

Bottle-feeding

 0 months

1635

   

1508

   

1302

   

  No

 

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

 

  Yes

 

1.84

1.45, 2.34

< 0.001

 

1.96

1.52, 2.52

< 0.001

 

1.93

1.46, 2.54

< 0.001

 3–4 months

1278

   

1172

   

1004

   

  No

 

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

 

  Yes

 

1.37

1.08, 1.74

0.011

 

1.40

1.08, 1.81

0.010

 

1.42

1.07, 1.88

0.014

Nighttime meals

 3–4 months

1713

   

1571

   

1349

   

  No

 

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

  

1

Ref

 

  Yes

 

0.83

0.65, 1.06

0.127

 

0.85

0.66, 1.10

0.217

 

0.86

0.65, 1.14

0.300

  1. Model 1, adjusted for birth weight and sex; Model 2, additionally adjusted for maternal and paternal education and maternal and paternal smoking; Model 3,
  2. additionally adjusted for maternal weight before pregnancy, maternal gestational weight gain, paternal weight at the first measurement point and
  3. maternal or paternal diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease