Table 3.

Adjusted Estimates with 95% Confidence Intervals for associations between Maternal Adiposity or Gestational Weight Gain and Biobehavioral Assessment Findings^*

BBA Measures	Maternal Adiposity			Gestational Weight Gain
	Est	95% CI		Est	95% CI
Holding Cage Observations
Day 1 Activity	−0.08	−0.47	0.31	0.02	−0.22	0.27
Day 1 Emotionality	0.01	−0.29	0.31	−0.06	−0.25	0.14
Day 2 Activity	0.04	−0.31	0.39	0.18	−0.05	0.41
Day 2 Emotionality	0.27	0.03	0.51	0.06	−0.11	0.24
Visual Recognition Memory
Novelty Preference	−0.05	−0.10	−0.00	−0.02	−0.06	0.01
Number Problems Contacted	−1.80	−3.08	−0.52	−1.23	−2.14	−0.32
Human Intruder Response
Activity	−0.07	−0.47	0.34	0.05	−0.23	0.34
Emotionality	−0.51	−0.91	−0.10	−0.30	−0.59	−0.01
Aggression	0.41	−0.15	0.97	0.26	−0.04	0.56
Displacement	−0.19	−0.89	0.51	0.04	−0.35	0.44
Temperament Rating
Confidence	−0.45	−0.70	−0.21	0.10	−0.27	0.08
Vigilance	−0.22	−0.44	0.01	−0.07	−0.23	0.08
Nervousness	0.11	−0.29	0.52	0.00	−0.28	0.28
Gentleness	−0.17	−0.49	0.14	−0.05	−0.26	0.16
Blood Cortisol Levels (ug/dL)
Sample 1	3.49	−4.82	11.80	0.37	−5.29	6.04
Sample 2	1.51	−10.90	13.93	−0.57	−8.42	7.28
Sample 3	−22.81	−39.43	−6.19	−12.38	−22.50	−2.26
Sample 4	−5.04	−29.69	19.62	−8.40	−20.76	3.97

^*Infant sex, birth year, age in days and weight at BBA testing were adjusted when regression analyses were performed.