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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 May 15;3(1):129–137. doi: 10.1007/s40615-015-0122-y

Table 5.

Mixed-effects linear regression of factors associated with BMI trajectory levels

By race BMI trajectory levels
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic English Hispanic Spanish
Est SE Est SE Est SE Est SE Est SE
Age 0.005* 0.002 0.013** 0.004 –0.001 0.005 –0.005 0.006 0.026** 0.006
Male Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Female –0.136* 0.069 –0.009 0.141 –0.527** 0.138 –0.340 0.182 –0.288 0.175
Birth weight normal Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Birth weight mod low –0.704** 0.092 –0.691** 0.178 –0.903** 0.261 –0.567* 0.261 –0.804** 0.267
    Birthweightverylow –1.127** 0.117 –1.114** 0.191 –0.765 0.582 –1.296** 0.313 –0.645* 0.309
Single-parent household Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Dual parent household –0.097 0.087 –0.034 0.121 0.044 0.276 –0.240 0.161 –0.191 0.184
Over FPL Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Under FPL –0.052 0.086 –0.107 0.113 0.114 0.187 0.051 0.168 –0.153 0.118
Mother's education < high school Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Mother's education: high school –0.094 0.092 0.027 0.134 –0.427* 0.196 0.456* 0.180 –0.196 0.137
    Mother's education: college –0.243* 0.098 –0.119 0.154 –0.610** 0.211 0.303 0.206 –0.160 0.194
    Mother's education: ≥bachelor –0.374** 0.106 0.117 0.222 –0.537** 0.191 0.420 0.274 –0.262 0.280
    Number of years in USA –0.002 0.005 0.011 0.008 0.006 0.008 0.003 0.011 –0.019 0.010
Never breastfed Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Ever breastfed –0.400** 0.080 –0.048 0.147 0.263 0.181 –0.210 0.207 –0.731** 0.222
No soda Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Any soda 0.087 0.054 0.288** 0.107 0.065 0.100 0.027 0.139 0.234* 0.115
No juice Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Any juice –0.142* 0.070 –0.082 0.197 0.277 0.156 –0.226 0.207 –0.021 0.203
No fast food Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Any fast food 0.090 0.052 0.092 0.104 0.154 0.099 0.140 0.135 0.039 0.112
No fruit 7 times/week Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Fruit 7 times/week –0.003 0.055 0.010 0.104 0.099 0.113 –0.130 0.133 0.012 0.120
No vegetables 7 times/week Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Vegetables 7 times/week 0.003 0.055 –0.043 0.107 –0.056 0.110 0.101 0.130 –0.036 0.110
Intercept 17.039** 0.235 15.883** 0.420 16.216** 0.500 17.344** 0.597 16.951** 0.507
*

P value less than 0.05

**

P value less than 0.01