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. 2011 Aug 1;11:611. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-611

Table 3.

Differences in prevalence of overweight at age 2 years associated with ethnicity using native Dutch children as reference (crude and multivariable adjusted Ors, 95% Cis)

Overweight yes/no Crude Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Ethnicity
Dutch 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
African descent 1.31 (0.81, 2.13) 1.11 (0.65,1.92) 1.20 (0.69, 2.07) 0.79 (0.44, 1.41)
Turkish 3.23 (2.11, 4.96) 2.68 (1.58, 4.55) 2.64 (1.55, 4.51) 1.74 (0.99, 3.04)
Moroccan 2.61 (1.77, 3.84) 2.12 (1.33, 3.40) 2.07 (1.29, 3.33) 1.41 (0.86, 2.31)
Others 1.20 (0.88, 1.64) 1.21 (0.86, 1.70) 1.22 (0.87, 1.71) 1.14 (0.81, 1.62)

Abbreviations: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

Model 1: including maternal age, height, pre-pregnancy BMI, education level, parity, diabetes and physical activity during pregnancy.

Model 2: as in model 1; with additional inclusion of birth weight and gender.

Model 3: as in model 2; with additional inclusion of infant weight gain during the first 6 months (100 g/mo).