Table 2.

Relative risk ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the relationship between maternal psychological distress at cohort child age 5 years and child overweight or obesity at 11 years (n = 9 206)

	% (n) maternal psychological distress 5 y and weight at 11 y	Adjusted for sex of child, ethnicity	Model A  + Early years factors (9 m)	Model A + Socio-demographic factors (9 m)	Model A + dietary factors (7 y)	Model A + physical activity factors (7 y)	Fully adjusted
		(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)
Normal range
No distress	73.4 (4591)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Medium distress	68.9 (1791)
Severe distress	69.4 (204)
Overweight
No distress	21.2 (1361)
Medium distress	23.7 (601)	1.18 (1.02–1.35)	1.11 (0.97–1.28)	1.11 (0.96–1.27)	1.14 (0.99–1.31)	1.14 (0.99–1.31)	1.07 (0.92–1.24)
Severe distress	18.6 (60)	0.89 (0.63–1.27)	0.75 (0.52–1.09)	0.78 (0.55–1.12)	0.81 (0.57–1.14)	0.85 (0.60–1.20)	0.70 (0.49–1.00)
Obese
No distress	5.3 (364)
Medium distress	7.3 (199)	1.43 (1.17–1.75)	1.26 (1.02–1.55)	1.25 (1.02–1.53)	1.35 (1.10–1.66)	1.29 (1.06–1.58)	1.14 (0.92–1.41)
Severe distress	12.0 (35)	2.27 (1.42–3.63)	1.56 (0.94–2.60)	1.64 (1.00–2.69)	1.83 (1.15–2.93)	1.85 (1.16–2.97)	1.26 (0.75–2.11)

A: Maternal distress, adjusted for cohort child’s sex and ethnicity

B: Model A + early years factors (duration maternal smoking in pregnancy; duration breastfeeding; introduction to solids; birthweight; maternal pre-pregnancy BMI)

C: Model A + Socio-demographic factors at 9 months (maternal highest academic qualification; family structure; household income quintiles; housing tenure)

D: Model A + dietary factors (fruit consumption; breakfast consumption; sweetened drinks between meals; main snack between meals)

E: Model A + physical activity factors (child participated in sport/PA, child non-organised physical activity, mother engaged in active play with child, transport to school, regular bedtime, TV screentime hours, computer screentime hours)

F: Fully adjusted (Model A + Models B, C, D and E)