Table 3.

Significant Risk Factors Associated with Overweight/Obesity in 6-Year-Old Children After Controlling for Obesogenic Variables in Logistic Regression Models

Risk factors	OR*	(95% CI)*	P
Adjusted (without weight at 2.5 years of age)†
Sleep duration pattern - ref 11-hour persistent
Short increasing duration	2.4	(0.9 – 6.4)	0.08
Short persistent duration	4.2	(1.6 – 11.1)	0.003
10-hour persistent duration	1.8	(1.1 – 2.9)	0.03
Being a girl	1.8	(1.1 – 2.9)	0.02
Maternal smoking during pregnancy	2.0	(1.2 – 3.3)	0.009
Weight at 5 months of age	1.6	(1.3 – 2.1)	<0.001
Perception of child overeating sometime/often	6.4	(3.9 – 10.5)	<0.001
N=846
Adjusted (with weight at 2.5 years of age)†
Sleep duration pattern - ref 11-hour persistent
Short increasing duration	1.9	(0.6 – 5.6)	0.24
Short persistent duration	2.9	(1.0 – 8.5)	0.05
10-hour persistent duration	1.5	(0.9 – 2.5)	0.17
Being a girl	2.1	(1.3 – 3.6)	0.005
Weight at 2.5 years of age	1.6	(1.4 – 1.9)	<0.001
Perception of child overeating sometime/often	4.9	(2.9 – 8.4)	<0.001
N=815

Data courtesy of the Quebec Institute of Statistics;

^*Data are given as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI);

^†Adjusted on birth weight, prematurity, low birth weight, sex of the child, maternal smoking during pregnancy, weight at 5 months, low parental education, modified family structure, late cereal introduction, not breast-fed, immigrant mother, naptime at 2.5 years, watching TV at 6 years, playing video games at 6 years, doing physical activities, overeating at 6 years, snacking at 6 years, eating sweets at 6 years, snoring at 6 years, low income status at 6 years.