Table 3. The independent effect of maternal weight status and first and third months’ feeding pattern on children’s BMI-Z at age one and age two.
| The first year | The second year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | p | Coefficient | p | |
| Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI category | 0.07 | 0.27 | ||
| UW/NW | Ref | Ref | ||
| OW/OB | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.27 |
| The first month feeding pattern | 0.12 | 0.19 | ||
| EBF | Ref | Ref | ||
| MF | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| FF | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.08 |
| The third month feeding pattern | 0.52 | 0.20 | ||
| EBF | Ref | Ref | ||
| MF | -0.03 | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| FF | -0.11 | 0.26 | -0.14 | 0.21 |
Children’s gender, birth weight and length, paternal BMI, parental age, monthly household income, family structure and recruitment site were adjusted in the models.