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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2016 Nov-Dec;78(9):1094–1103. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000388

Table 3.

Association between covariates with measures of overweight at age 18.


Covariate

Level
Measures of overweight at age 18

Overweight BMI Waist-hip ratio

OR p-value b p-value b p-value
Female sex 1.45 (1.13;1.86) 0.003 0.57 (0.03;1.10) 0.038 22123.26 (−3.89;−2.63) <0.001
Ethnicity 0.99 (0.58;1.68) 0.97 −0.24 (−1.60;1.12) 0.73 −0.82 (−2.21;0.58) 0.25
Genetic risk 3.01 (2.55;3.55) <0.001 2.41 (2.14;2.68) <0.001 1.79 (1.45;2.13) <0.001
Birth weight (kg) 1.22 (0.95;1.56) 0.12 0.51 (0.06;0.96) 0.025 0.23 (−0.37;0.83) 0.45
Child internalizing
problems
1.01 (0.99;1.02) 0.40 0.01 (−0.02;0.03) 0.51 0.01 (−0.02;0.04) 0.45
Child externalizing
problems
1.02 (1.01;1.02) <0.001 0.04 (0.02;0.06) <0.001 0.08 (0.06;0.11) <0.001
Child IQ 0.99 (0.98;1.00) 0.007 −0.03 (−0.04;−0.01) 0.002 −0.05 (−0.07;0.03) <0.001
Childhood SES High Ref Ref Ref
Medium 1.65 (1.21;2.26) 0.002 0.95 (0.33;1.57) 0.003 1.24 (0.46;2.02) 0.002
Low 1.82 (1.33;2.49) <0.001 1.18 (0.53;1.83) <0.001 2.00 (1.18;2.82) <0.001
Food insecurity None Ref Ref Ref
Episodic 1.48 (0.99;2.19) 0.054 0.55 (−0.37;1.47) 0.24 1.16 (0.04;2.29) 0.042
Sustained 2.13 (1.13;4.01) 0.020 1.61 (−0.03;3.26) 0.06 0.70 (−1.42;2.82) 0.52
Child maltreatment None Ref Ref Ref
Probable 0.90 (0.65;1.26) 0.55 0.03 (−0.66;0.72) 0.93 0.50 (−0.34;1.35) 0.25
Definite 1.46 (0.88;2.42) 0.15 0.71 (−0.38;1.79) 0.20 1.60 (0.21;2.99) 0.024
Weight rating at age 10 3.31 (2.81;3.89) <0.001 2.31 (2.08;2.55) <0.001 1.66 (1.36;1.97) <0.001
Weight rating at age 12 4.21 (3.47;5.11) <0.001 2.92 (2.63;3.21) <0.001 2.27 (1.90;2.63) <0.001
Pubertal development 1.22 (1.14;1.30) <0.001 0.39 (0.26;0.53) <0.001 0.04 (−0.15;0.22) 0.70

Results are presented as odds ratios (for overweight) or unstandardized regression coefficients (for BMI and waist-hip ratio) with 95% confidence intervals. Values for waist-hip ratio were multiplied by 100 for these analyses.