Table 5. Association of pre-pregnancy BMI with offspring obesity measures at 4 years of age, stratified by child sex, Rhea pregnancy cohort, Crete, Greece.
| Offspring adiposity measures at 4 years of age | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight/obese | WC (cm) ≥ 90th percentile a | Sum of 4 skinfolds (mm) a | |
| (n = 134) | (n = 72) | (n = 601) | |
| RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | β-coeff.(95% CI) | |
| Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m 2 ) | |||
| All (n = 618) | 1.08 (1.04, 1.13) | 1.10 (1.04, 1.16) | 0.51 (0.25, 0.77) |
| Boys (n = 324) | 1.04 (0.98, 1.10) | 1.02 (0.93, 1.11) | 0.22 (-0.07, 0.52) |
| Girls (n = 294) | 1.13 (1.06, 1.20) | 1.19 (1.10, 1.29) | 0.79 (0.34, 1.25) |
| P for interaction | 0.032 | 0.004 | 0.030 |
| Overweight/Obese (≥25kg/m 2 ) prior to gestation | |||
| All (n = 209) | 1.83 (1.19, 2.81) | 1.97 (1.11, 3.49) | 5.10 (2.49, 7.71) |
| Boys (n = 116) | 1.10 (0.61, 2.01) | 0.97 (0.42, 2.21) | 3.03 (0.07, 5.99) |
| Girls (n = 93) | 3.54 (1.80, 6.98) | 5.33 (2.17, 13.07) | 7.59 (3.10, 12.08) |
| P for interaction | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.061 |
BMI, Body Mass Index; WC, Waist Circumference
All models are adjusted for maternal age, education, parity, smoking during pregnancy, gestational weight gain, birth weight, breastfeeding duration, and
TV watching at 4 years of age (hours/day).
aAlso adjusted for child height.
Bold indicated statistically significant differences at p<0.05.