Table 3.
Maternal low risk lifestyle factors | No (%) of mothers | No (%) of offspring | No (%) of obese offspring | Relative risk (95% CI) | |
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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).