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. 2012 Jan 11;95(2):465–470. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.026401

TABLE 3.

Obesity of individuals born through cesarean section relative to individuals born through vaginal delivery at different ages: crude and adjusted analyses1

All
M
F
Follow-up visit/cohort Crude P Adjusted P Crude P Adjusted P Crude P Adjusted P
4 y/1982 cohort (n = 4742) 1.53 (1.25, 1.87) <0.001 1.22 (0.97, 1.53) 0.084 1.51 (1.16, 1.96) 0.002 1.25 (0.93, 1.68) 0.144 1.56 (1.14, 2.13) 0.005 1.17 (0.83, 1.66) 0.374
4 y/1993 cohort (n = 1237) 1.80 (1.27, 2.54) 0.001 1.31 (0.90, 1.92) 0.158 2.54 (1.61, 4.01) <0.001 2.03 (1.20, 3.42) 0.008 1.11 (0.63, 1.96) 0.710 0.78 (0.46, 1.34) 0.373
4 y/2004 cohort (n = 3756) 1.52 (1.28, 1.81) <0.001 1.21 (0.99, 1.48) 0.062 1.51 (1.19, 1.91) 0.001 1.13 (0.86, 1.49) 0.368 1.53 (1.19, 1.97) 0.001 1.30 (0.97, 1.74) 0.080
11 y/1993 cohort (n = 4100) 1.44 (1.22, 1.72) <0.001 1.06 (0.86, 1.30) 0.575 1.51 (1.22, 1.88) <0.001 1.11 (0.85, 1.43) 0.452 1.36 (1.02, 1.81) 0.035 1.00 (0.71, 1.40) 0.984
15 y/1993 cohort (n = 4349) 1.47 (1.20, 1.79) <0.001 1.23 (0.98, 1.54) 0.073 1.53 (1.18, 1.99) 0.002 1.24 (0.92, 1.66) 0.151 1.39 (1.01, 1.90) 0.044 1.17 (0.82, 1.65) 0.391
23 y/1982 cohort (n = 4297) 1.10 (0.89, 1.37) 0.374 1.10 (0.87, 1.41) 0.428 1.13 (0.82, 1.55) 0.460 0.94 (0.60, 1.31) 0.713 1.08 (0.81, 1.46) 0.591 1.33 (0.94, 1.89) 0.106
1

All values are prevalence ratios; 95% CIs in parentheses. Conducted by using Poisson regression analyses. P values refer to Wald's test. Adjusted analyses were adjusted for family income at birth, maternal schooling at birth, maternal skin color, birth order, maternal age, maternal prepregnancy weight, maternal height, smoking during pregnancy, type of payment for delivery (National Health System, private practice, private health insurance), birth weight, family income (at 4, 11, 15, or 23 y of age), schooling (at 11, 15, or 23 y of age), physical activity (at 11, 15, or 23 y of age), and smoking and alcohol consumption (at 15 or 23 y of age).