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. 2018 Jul 4;362:k2486. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2486

Table 3.

Risk of obesity in offspring by individual maternal low risk lifestyle factors

Maternal low risk lifestyle factors No (%) of mothers No (%) of offspring No (%) of obese offspring Relative risk (95% CI)
Model 1 Model 2
Healthy diet (based on the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 diet score) 6821 (40.3) 9773 (40.2) 461 (4.7) 0.96 (0.83 to 1.11) 0.97 (0.83 to 1.12)
Body mass index 18.5-24.9 9514 (56.4) 13 731 (56.5) 444 (3.2) 0.43 (0.38 to 0.49) 0.44 (0.39 to 0.50)
Moderate/vigorous exercise ≥150 min/week 5840 (34.5) 8539 (35.2) 338 (4.0) 0.78 (0.68 to 0.90) 0.79 (0.69 to 0.91)
Current non-smoker 15 934 (94.0) 22 984 (94.6) 1179 (5.1) 0.66 (0.53 to 0.81) 0.69 (0.56 to 0.86)
Alcohol intake (1.0-14.9 g/day) 10 447 (61.7) 14 923 (61.4) 719 (4.8) 0.87 (0.77 to 0.97) 0.88 (0.79 to 0.99)

Model 1 adjusted for mother’s age at baseline (in 5-year categories), offspring sex (boy/girl), and other lifestyle factors included in the table; model 2 adjusted for mother’s age at baseline (in 5-year categories), other variables included in table, race/ethnicity (white, others), chronic diseases (prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer), living status (with spouse/partner or not), household income (<US$50 000, $50 000-$99 999, ≥$100 000; US$1=£0.75, €0.85), and educational attainment of spouse/partner (high school, college, graduate school); and offspring sex (boy, girl).