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. 2015 Jul 15;8(7):11370–11378.

Table 2.

Contributions of Paternal factors to newborn body weight were identified by Multinomial Logistic regression

Paternal factor Univariate regression Multinomial Logistic Regression


B P Low Birth Weight Normal High Birth Weight



β OR 95% CI Reference β OR 95% CI
Socioeconomic Age 0.002 0.879
Family Location 0.069 0.000
    Capital city 1.000
    Medium size city 0.661 1.936 0.718-5.221 1.000 0.299 1.348 0.591-3.077
    Small size city 0.652 1.92 0.697-5.292 1.000 -1.758 0.172 0.023-1.303
    Town 0.8 2.226 0.845-5.860 1.000 -0.656 0.519 0.139-1.932
    Rural 1.506 4.511 2.083-9.766 1.000 -1.15 0.317 0.094-1.064
Education (year) 0.074 0.000
    ≥16 1.000 1.000
    14~15 0.259 1.296 0.535-3.138 1.000 0.193 1.213 0.619-2.379
    10~12 0.368 1.445 0.606-3.442 1.000 -0.127 0.881 0.35-2.160
    7~9 0.861 2.365 1.005-5.567 1.000 0.442 1.556 0.580-4.175
    ≤6 1.02 2.772 0.940-8.178 1.000 -0.56 0.571 0.073-4.478
Drinking 0.031 0.160
Smoking 0.013 0.452
Pre-pregnancy Chronic disease -0.319 0.000
Scree time (hours per day) 0.057 0.012
    ≥5 1.000 1.000
    1~5 0.303 1.354 0.624-2.938 1.000 -0.200 0.819 0.335-1.999
    ≤1 0.203 1.225 0.494-3.035 1.000 -0.014 0.986 0.534-1.819