Table 1.
Age-adjusted odds ratios of demographic, medical history and clinical factors in obese children at any time before age 21 within the cohort of premature born babies
| OR* | Lower †CI | Upper CI | p -value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Maternal demographics | ||||
| Age (odds per 1 SD age increase) |
1 |
0.96 |
1.1 |
0.341 |
|
Race (compared with odds among Hispanic
(n = 49)
) | ||||
| White (n = 51) |
0.76 |
0.3 |
1.9 |
0.560 |
| Black (n = 11) |
0.61 |
0.11 |
3.2 |
0.570 |
|
Marital status (comparison of odds with being single
(n = 42)
) | ||||
| Married (n = 65) |
1.05 |
0.46 |
2.41 |
0.900 |
| Divorced (n = 6) |
1.8 |
0.32 |
11 |
0.491 |
| Married (n = 83) (v. never-married (n = 77)) |
0.64 |
0.22 |
1.9 |
0.416 |
| Currently single (n = 42) (v. no single ( n= 118)) |
1.4 |
0.48 |
4.3 |
0.516 |
|
Maternal health status | ||||
| Smoking (n = 32) (v. non-smoking(n = 128)) |
0.76 |
0.29 |
1.98 |
0.58 |
| Hypertension (n = 20) (v. no reported hypertension (n = 19)) |
0.55 |
0.14 |
2.1 |
0.391 |
| Diabetes (n = 47) (v. no diabetes (n = 113)) |
1.13 |
0.41 |
3.1 |
0.810 |
|
Neonatal metrics | ||||
| Length of gestation (days) (risk odds per 1 SD increase in length of gestation) |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
0.017 |
|
Weight according gestational age (comparison of odds among average, AGA
(n = 124)
) | ||||
| Small for gestational age, SGA (n = 23) |
0.47 |
0.13 |
169 |
0.250 |
| Large for gestational age, LGA (n = 13) |
1.4 |
0.40 |
4.84 |
0.600 |
|
Categorized gestational weight (comparison of odds with among normal BW (NBW
(n = 36)
) | ||||
| Extremely low birth weight, ELBW (n = 18) |
0.17 |
0.02 |
1.52 |
0.114 |
| Very low birth weight, VLBW (n = 19) |
0.10 |
0.28 |
3.53 |
1.00 |
| Low birth weight, LBW (n = 87) |
1.03 |
0.42 |
2.5 |
0.950 |
| Birth weight (odds per 1 SD of increase BMI) |
3.2 |
1.7 |
5.7 |
0.001 |
| Gender (male n = 95v. female n = 65) |
1.9 |
0.68 |
5.2 |
0.225 |
|
Feeding status (comparison of odds among the exclusively breast fed
(n = 15)
) | ||||
| Formula (n = 67) |
1.6 |
0.03 |
1 |
0.056 |
| Combination breast/formula (n = 67) |
0.44 |
0.07 |
2.8 |
0.387 |
|
Catheters in NICU | ||||
| Umbilical artery catheter (n = 27) |
0.92 |
0.28 |
3.1 |
0.89 |
| Umbilical venous catheter (n = 41) |
0.6 |
0.19 |
1.9 |
0.379 |
|
Clinical parameters | ||||
| Age (odds per 1 SD age increase) |
3.4 |
2.4 |
4.6 |
0.001 |
| Height (odds per 1 SD hight increase) |
12 |
2.6 |
53 |
0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (odds per 1 SD increase of BMI) |
2.4 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (odds per 1 SD increase of BMI) | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.021 |
*OR: odds ratio comparisons as noted; some are binary comparisons, some to a baseline for categorical variables. The table represent partial list of evaluated variables. †Cl: confidence interval, SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index.