Table 3. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for odds of obesity in first-born children by family size.
Copenhagen School Health Records Register (Obese: ≥95th percentile) | Draft Board (Obese: BMI ≥31.00 kg/m2) | |||||||||||
Crude | Adjusted1,2 | Crude | Adjusted1,3 | |||||||||
First-born children* vs. | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value |
Any later born children (n1 = 12 035+12 469, n2 = 194+570) | 0.73 | [0.65–0.82] | 0.006 | 0.89 | [0.78–1.03] | 0.121 | 0.73 | [0.53–1.01] | 0.057 | 0.81 | [1.18–2.61] | 0.209 |
Later born children in families with 2 children (n1 = 8 014+6128, n2 = 194+198) | 0.67 | [0.58–0.78] | <0.001 | 0.81 | [0.68–0.96] | 0.017 | 0.73 | [0.48–1.11] | 0.144 | 0.7 | [1.10–2.54] | 0.257 |
Later born children in families with 3 children (n1 = 3 044+4 334, n2 = 61+159) | 0.85 | [0.67–1.07] | 0.169 | 1.05 | [0.79–1.40] | 0.724 | 0.84 | [0.44–1.62] | 0.606 | 0.85 | [1.37–3.66] | 0.658 |
Later born children in families with 4 children (n1 = 744+1 464, n2 = 9+72) | 0.50 | [0.32–0.79] | 0.003 | 0.76 | [0.44–1.33] | 0.338 | 1.48 | [0.37–5.96] | 0.583 | 1.33 | [0.61–1.99] | 0.696 |
Excluding only children.
Adjusted for birth weight, birth year,
Adjusted for maternal age when giving birth, sex, maternal BMI (age 13 years),
Adjusted for father’s social class. n1 = number in the CSHRR, n2 = number in the DB.