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. 2024 Sep 6;19(9):e0309363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309363

Table 3. Logistic regression estimates of associations between SGA and menarche before age 11 and between maternal characteristics and menarche before age 11.

Unadjusted Adjusted for maternal demographics Adjusted for maternal demographics, pre-pregnancy obesity, pre-pregnancy overweight, and prenatal smoking
OR AOR AOR
(95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
SGA 1.46 1.45 1.47
(0.89, 2.42) (0.86, 2.46) (0.85, 2.52)
Race-ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White ref ref
 Non-Hispanic Black 2.21 2.06
(1.22, 4.03) (1.12, 3.79)
 Hispanic 2.38 2.28
(1.22, 4.66) (1.15, 4.49)
 Other 2.46 2.42
(0.82, 7.39) (0.80, 7.32)
Education
 High school graduate 1.19 1.23
(0.78, 1.82) (0.80, 1.89)
 Less than high school ref ref
Nativity
 US born ref ref
 Foreign born 0.88 0.93
(0.49, 1.59) (0.52, 1.68)
Age
 < 20 years 1.70 1.90
(0.69, 4.20) (0.76, 4.72)
 20–34 1.44 1.50
(0.66, 3.15) (0.68, 3.27)
 35+ ref ref
Relationship with child’s father
 Married 0.77 0.77
(0.43, 1.38) (0.43, 1.38)
 Cohabiting but not married 1.10 1.10
(0.75, 1.63) (0.74, 1.63)
 Neither married not cohabiting ref ref
Parity
 First birth 0.97 1.02
(0.66, 1.43) (0.69, 1.52)
 Second or higher order birth ref ref
Health insurance for birth
 Medicaid 0.87 0.88
(0.57, 1.34) (0.57, 1.36)
 Other ref ref
Pre-pregnancy weight
 Obese 1.64
(1.02, 2.62)
 Overweight 1.55
(0.93, 2.57)
 Normal or underweight ref
Prenatal smoking
 Any 1.09
(0.70, 1.69)
 None ref

Notes: AOR = adjusted odds ratio. OR = odds ratio. SGA = small-for-gestational age = <10th percentile of sex-specific birth weight for gestational age. (N = 1,027). SGA was based on birth weight and LMP-based gestational age and compared to the national U.S. sex-specific distribution of LMP-based SGA from 1999–2000. Fully adjusted models included a binary indicator for missing data on pre-pregnancy weight. Statistically significant estimates at p < .05 are in bold.