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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2017 Mar 24;41(7):1091–1098. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.78

Table 4.

Weight retention at six months postpartum in women according to the number of behavioural risk factors.

Number of modifiable risk factors Unadjusted (n=1571) Adjusted* (n=1565)

Coefficient 95% CI p-value Coefficient 95% CI p-value
0 reference - - reference - -
1 1.68 0.52, 2.83 0.004 1.86 0.71, 3.01 0.002
2 3.82 2.70, 4.94 <0.001 4.22 3.09, 5.35 <0.001
3 6.81 5.60, 8.01 <0.001 7.20 5.98, 8.41 <0.001
β-trend1 2.35 2.03, 2.68 <0.001 2.49 2.16, 2.82 <0.001
*

Adjusted for gestational age at birth, maternal age at conception, pre-pregnancy diet quality, pre-conception walking speed and postpartum maternal smoking.

1

P-trend was determined by linear regression models of weight retention using a continuous risk factor score.