Table 2.

Multivariate model of early life risk factors as potential independent predictors of increased childhood BMI

Effect	Estimatea	Standard error	p value
Female sex	−0.048	0.068	0.48
Exposure to diabetes in utero	0.162	0.094	0.08
Size for gestational age
Small	−0.544	0.091	<0.0001
Appropriate	reference	reference	reference
Large	0.726	0.123	<0.0001
Total breastfeeding duration months	−0.006	0.004	0.16
Weight gain in 1st year of life, kg/year	0.327	0.024	<0.0001

^aModel adjusted for age and age2.