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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Endocrinol. 2013 Jun;29(6):615–618. doi: 10.3109/09513590.2013.788638

Table 3.

Mean difference in weight (grams ± standard deviation) over five years of daughters born to women with irregular menstrual cycles compared to daughters born to women with regular menstrual cycles

Age interval of daughters Maternal BMI <30 kg/m2 Maternal BMI ≥ 30kg/m2

Weight difference (grams)a, b P-value Weight difference (grams) P-value
0–6 months −13 ± 39 0.74 −109 ± 82 0.18
6–12 months −11 ± 58 0.85 −165 ± 172 0.34
1–2 years −8 ± 86 0.92 166 ± 236 0.48
2–3 years 102 ± 122 0.40 219 ± 308 0.48
3–4 years 97 ± 151 0.52 75 ± 388 0.85
4–5 years 4 ± 167 0.98 214 ± 449 0.63
a

Difference in weight comparing daughters of mothers with irregular cycles to daughters of mothers with regular cycles

b

Analyses adjusted for height and maternal race