Table 3.

Significant predictors from multiple regression analysis with backward selection of preterm status (total newborns only), maternal age, birth weight, child sex, mother BMI, GA, delivery type, smoking, and supplement intake on genotoxicity biomarkers in newborns and mothers.

Variable	Partial r2	Slope	R2	p-Value
Newborns (n = 173)
MNBN/1,000 BN		No significant predictors
MNMONO/1,000 MONO
Mother’s age		0.026		–0.025				0.036
Mother’s BMI		0.049		0.029				0.004
GA		0.058		–0.183				0.002
Preterm		0.026		–0.532				0.038
						0.108		0.001*
CBPI		No significant predictors
Full-term newborns (n = 156)
MNBN/1,000 BN		No significant predictors
MNMONO/1,000 MONO
Child’s sex		0.026		0.228				0.048
Mother’s BMI		0.069		0.033				0.001
GA		0.074		–0.199				0.001
						0.120		0.000*
CBPI		No significant predictors
Mothers (n = 163)
MNBN/1,000 BN
Child’s sex		0.026		–0.677				0.041
						0.026		0.041*
MNMONO/1,000 MONO
Mother’s age		0.027		0.037				0.036
Smoking		0.018		–0.289				0.091
						0.044		0.028*
CBPI
Mother’s BMI		0.144		0.008				0.022
Delivery type		0.055		0.117				0.003
						0.076		0.002*
*p < 0.05.