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. 2015 Nov 13;5:16692. doi: 10.1038/srep16692

Table 2. The association between maternal BMI and first-born daughter’s BMI on 26,561 mother-daughter pairs in Sweden.

    Daughter BMI
18.5–24.99 kg/m2
≥25.0 kg/m2
≥30.0 kg/m2
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Mother BMI <18.5 kg/m2 1.27 (1.16, 1.40) p < 0.0001 0.55 (0.49, 0.61) p < 0.0001 0.52 (0.44, 0.63) p < 0.0001
18.5–24.99 kg/m2 1.00 1.00 1.00
25.0–29.99 kg/m2 0.45 (0.42, 0.48) p < 0.0001 2.43 (2.27, 2.61) p < 0.0001 2.69 (2.46, 2.95) p < 0.0001
≥30.0 kg/m2 0.31 (0.26, 0.35) p < 0.0001 3.59 (3.10, 4.14) p < 0.0001 4.52 (3.88, 5.26) p < 0.0001

Mothers in the normal BMI range (18.5–24.99 kg/m2) are the reference group. Results are from unadjusted analyses; data are odds ratios (OR) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CI).