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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2016 Mar;27(2):182–187. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000413

TABLE 2.

Simulated HRs When Gestational Weight Gain Is Measured at Delivery Only

True
HR
Model Estimated
HR
Standard
Error
95% CI
Coverage (%)
1.3 Survivala 1.29 0.02 86
Binomialb 1.13 0.04 1
1.1 Survival 1.09 0.01 87
Binomial 0.94 0.03 0
1.0 Survival 0.99 0.01 90
Binomial 0.88 0.02 0
0.9 Survival 0.89 0.01 91
Binomial 0.81 0.02 1
0.7 Survival 0.70 0.01 95
Binomial 0.68 0.02 86
a

Weight gain linearly interpolated from baseline (weight gain = 0) to total weight gain at delivery.

b

Total gestational weight gain as measured at delivery.

HR indicates hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.