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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2016 Mar 7;12(2):129–136. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12119

Table 2.

Associations of prenatal oral antibiotic prescriptions, by trimester, with birth weight-for-gestational age z-scores, among 2128 mother-infant pairs in Project Viva

N (%) Unadjusted
β (95% CI)
Adjusted
β (95% CI)
Any during pregnancy (yes vs. no) 643 (30.2) −0.09 (−0.18, 0.00) −0.10 (−0.19, 0.00)
1st trimester* 304 (14.3) −0.15 (−0.27,−0.03) −0.08 (−0.20, 0.04)
2nd trimester** 212 (11.6) −0.17 (−0.31,−0.04) −0.20 (−0.35, −0.06)
3rd trimester*** 127 (7.9) 0.18 (0.00, 0.35) 0.08 (−0.10, 0.25)

Adjusted for maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, race/ethnicity, education, smoking habits, and household income, and child sex and gestation length.

*

Among 2128 women

**

Among 1824 women who were not prescribed antibiotics in the 1st trimester

***

Among 1612 women who were not prescribed antibiotics in the 1st or 2nd trimester

CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index