Table 5. Regression models predicting birth weight in offspring of spouses of male participants (n = 426).
Model 1a | Model 2 | p | Model 3 | p | Model 4 | p | Model 5 | p | |
Father’s birth weight (kg) | 127 (56) | 0.024 | 145 (59) | 0.014 | 132 (59) | 0.017 | 1.13 (1.7) | 0.493 | |
Father’s gestational age at birth (weeks) | −14.2 (13.1) | 0.280 | −16.6 (13.4) | 0.215 | −17.3 (13.4) | 0.198 | |||
Mother’s height (cm) | 8.7 (5.2) | 0.094 | 29.0 (32.4) | 0.371 | |||||
Mother’s height–by-father’s birth weight | −0.007 (0.01) | 0.545 | |||||||
Model adjusted R2 | 0.033 | 0.043 | 0.044 | 0.051 | 0.049 |
Values are β (SE).
Base model adjusts for mother’s age, first born, born early, born late, male baby, worked during pregnancy, prenatal care during pregnancy.