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. 2013 Feb 20;8(2):e56357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056357

Table 4. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for odds of obesity in last-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
Last-born children* vs. OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Any prior born children (n1 = 8 438+16 066, n2 = 361+403) 1.57 [1.40–1.77] <0.001 1.33 [1.15–1.53] 0.001 1.36 [1.01–1.84] 0.043 1.32 [0.96–1.81] 0.087
Prior born children in families with 2 children (n1 = 6 128+8014, n2 = 198+194) 1.49 [1.29–1.72] <0.001 1.24 [1.04–1.48] 0.016 1.37 [0.90–2.09] 0.144 1.29 [0.83–1.99] 0.257
Prior born children in families with 3 children (n1 = 1 842+5 536, n2 = 82+138) 1.63 [1.28–2.07] <0.001 1.47 [1.07–2.00] 0.017 1.72 [0.96–3.09] 0.069 1.64 [0.86–3.13] 0.136
Prior born children in families with 4 children (n1 = 378+1 830, n2 = 36+45) 2.54 [1.71–3.78] <0.001 1.93 [1.09–3.43] 0.025 1.02 [0.42–2.46] 0.960 1.07 [0.43–2.66] 0.885
*

Excluding only children.

1

Adjusted for birth weight, birth year,

2

Adjusted for maternal age when giving birth, sex, maternal BMI (age 13 years),

3

Adjusted for father’s social class. n1 = number in the CSHRR, n2 = number in the DB.