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Table 4 aMultivariate logistic regression for rapid weight gain (> 0.67 SD gain, > 1.28 SD gain, and > 2 SD gain) from birth to 6 years

From: Determinants of Anishinabeck infant and early childhood growth trajectories in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: a cohort study

Dependent: Rapid Weight Gain

 

No RWG

RWG > 0.67 SD

OR (univariable)

OR (multivariable)

Maternal Age

Mean (SD)

26.7 (6.5)

24.9 (6.8)

0.96 (0.90–1.02)

0.92 (0.85–1.00)

Child’s Sex

Boys

18 (38.3)

29 (61.7)

-

-

 

Girls

26 (48.1)

28 (51.9)

0.67 (0.30–1.47)

0.55 (0.21–1.35)

GDM

No GDM

37 (46.8)

42 (53.2)

-

-

 

GDM

6 (30.0)

14 (70.0)

2.06 (0.74–6.31)

7.47 (1.68–46.22)

Birthweight

Mean (SD)

7.9 (1.1)

7.5 (1.2)

0.75 (0.52–1.06)

0.69 (0.45–1.02)

  

No RWG

RWG > 1.28 SD

OR (univariable)

OR (multivariable)

Maternal Age

Mean (SD)

26.2 (6.2)

24.8 (7.5)

0.97 (0.91–1.03)

0.93 (0.85–1.00)

Child’s Sex

Boys

24 (51.1)

23 (48.9)

-

-

 

Girls

39 (72.2)

15 (27.8)

0.40 (0.17–0.91)

0.35 (0.13–0.87)

GDM

No GDM

53 (67.1)

26 (32.9)

-

-

 

GDM

9 (45.0)

11 (55.0)

2.49 (0.92–6.92)

6.02 (1.57–27.66)

Birthweight

Mean (SD)

7.8 (1.1)

7.6 (1.3)

0.87 (0.61–1.23)

0.85 (0.57–1.26)

  

No RWG

RWG > 2 SD

OR (univariable)

OR (multivariable)

Maternal Age

Mean (SD)

25.5 (6.4)

26.3 (8.0)

1.02 (0.94–1.10)

0.95 (0.85–1.04)

Child’s Sex

Boys

35 (74.5)

12 (25.5)

-

-

 

Girls

46 (85.2)

8 (14.8)

0.51 (0.18–1.36)

0.37 (0.10–1.24)

GDM

No GDM

68 (86.1)

11 (13.9)

-

-

 

GDM

11 (55.0)

9 (45.0)

5.06 (1.70–15.28)

9.93 (2.18–53.50)

Birthweight

Mean (SD)

7.8 (1.1)

7.1 (1.3)

0.59 (0.36–0.93)

0.52 (0.29–0.86)

  1. aVariables included in the multivariate analyses were maternal age, sex, gestational diabetes, and birthweight with rapid weight gain (RWG), defined in three different ways (> 0.67 SD, > 1.28 SD, > 2 SD) in the three models, as the dichotomous outcome