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. 2012 Jun 7;7(6):e38216. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038216

Table 4. Mean differences (95% confidence intervals, CI) in birth size as predicted by the additive effects of neighborhood social disparity and at least one risk allele (CCNL1/LEKR1- rs900400).

Mean difference (95% CI) P value
Birth weight (g) Birth Length(cm) Head circumference (cm) Ponderal index (kg/m3)
Exposure: n * Unadjusted Adjusted** n * Unadjusted Adjusted** n * Unadjusted Adjusted** n * Unadjusted Adjusted**
Neither disparity nor riskallele [ref] 875 871 858 871
At least one risk allele only 1044 −39.7 −63.5 1038 −0.006 −0.10 1024 −0.11 −0.17 1038 −0.34 −0.35
(−84.1, 4.6) (−101.4, −25.6) (−0.19, 0.18) (−0.26, 0.05) (−0.23, 0.02) (−0.30, −0.06) (−0.54, −0.14) (−0.56, −0.15)
0.07 0.001 0.95 0.20 0.10 0.003 0.0008 0.0007
Social disparity only 1158 −11.8 −35.5 1151 −0.12 −0.16 1137 −0.06 −0.12 1151 0.02 −0.05
(−55.2, 31.5) (−72.4, 2.0) (−0.30, 0.06) (−0.32, 0.007) (−0.19, 0.06) (−0.24,−0.01) (−0.17, 0.22) (−0.25, 0.15)
0.59 0.06 0.18 0.04 0.30 0.03 0.83 0.65
Both disparity and at leastone risk allele 1427 −54.7 −108.5 1415 −0.14 −0.31 1403 −0.12 −0.25 1415 −0.24 −0.37
(−96.3, −13.0) (−144.1, −72.9) (−0.31, 0.04) (−0.46, −0.16) (−0.24, −0.006) (−0.35, −0.14) (−0.43, −0.05) (−0.56, −0.17)
0.01 <0.0001 0.12 <0.0001 0.04 <0.0001 0.01 0.0002
P value for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.008
*

n in the adjusted model,

**

controlling for gestational age, maternal smoking, maternal alcohol consumption, parity, maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, sex, gestational diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy.