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. 2012 Aug 24;16(2):219–227. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003850

Table 2.

Overweight and exclusive breast-feeding exposure: children aged 2 to 9 years (n 14 726) from eight European countries, IDEFICS study

OR 95 % CI
Model 1: Breast-fed exclusively and overweight*
Never exclusively breast-fed 1·00 Ref.
1–3 months 0·90 0·79, 1·01
4–6 month 0·72 0·64, 0·81
7–12 months 0·92 0·74, 1·15
Model 2: Model 1+demographic characteristics (child's age, sex and birth weight)
Never exclusively breast-fed 1·00 Ref.
1–3 months 0·85 0·75, 0·96
4–6 months 0·68 0·60, 0·77
7–12 months 0·86 0·69, 1·08
Model 3, fully adjusted model: Model 2+SES (income, maternal education and overweight, family structure, tobacco use, foreign-born parent)†
Never exclusively breast-fed 1·00 Ref.
1–3 months 0·87 0·74, 1·00
4–6 months 0·77 0·66, 0·90
7–12 months 0·95 0·73, 1·23

SES, socio-economic status; Ref., referent category.

*Adjusted for survey centre.

†Fewer observations in Model 3.