Table 1.
Influence of maternal and perinatal characteristics on average pubertal AgeAccel in blood (n = 94).
| Association with AgeAccela |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Characteristics | N Missing | Unadjusted | Cell-type adjusted |
| Maternal Education (ref: no post-secondary) | 0 | 1.00 | 0.90 |
| Maternal Age (years) | 5 | −0.20 | −0.08 |
| Maternal Weight (kg) | 1 | −0.07 | −0.09 |
| Maternal Height (cm) | 1 | 0.21* | 0.24* |
| Maternal Age at menarche (years) | 12 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Pre-Pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 1 | −0.13 | −0.16 |
| Maternal Smoking (ref: smokers) | 4 | 0.02 | 0.37 |
| Birth weight | 1 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
a
Pearson correlation for continuous variables (P value for Pearson correlation), difference in average AgeAccel between categories for dichotomous variables (P value for independent T-test).
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.