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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Mar 12;209:85–91.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.01.058

Table 2.

Linear regressions predicting BMI z-score at 5y, 10y, and 16–18y.

Variable  β  95% CI  P-value
5y BMI z-score
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.07  −0.03, 0.16  .16
 Age  0.01  −0.07, 0.08  .90
 Female  0.05  −0.04, 0.13  .26
 Birth weight  0.10*  0.02, 0.18  .015
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.28***  0.20, 0.37  <.001
 Formula intake (mL/day)  0.01  −0.07, 0.09  .82
 Received medicinal iron  −0.07  −0.15, 0.02  .12
 Randomized to iron supplementation  −0.04  −0.13, 0.05  .42
 Poor 5y psychosocial environment  −0.03  −0.13, 0.06  .51
10y BMI z-score
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.10*  0.00, 0.19  .050
 Age  0.01  −0.07, 0.10  .79
 Female  −0.03  −0.12, 0.07  .57
 Birth weight  0.11**  0.03, 0.20  .009
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.20***  0.11, 0.29  < .001
 Formula intake (mL/day)  −0.07  −0.16, 0.02  .12
 Received medicinal iron  −0.04  −0.13, 0.05  .27
 Randomized to iron supplementation  0.01  −0.09, 0.10  .86
 Poor 10y psychosocial environment  −0.08  −0.18, 0.02  .10
Adolescent BMI z-score (16–18y)
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.15**  0.06, 0.24  .002
 Age  0.04  −0.04, 0.12  .35
 Female  0.12**  0.04, 0.21  .005
 Birth weight  0.13***  0.05, 0.22  .001
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.18***  0.09, 0.26  < .001
 Formula intake (mL/day)  −0.08  −0.16, 0.01  .074
 Received medicinal iron  −0.02  −0.11, 0.07  .68
 Randomized to iron supplementation  −0.02  −0.11, 0.08  .73
 Poor adolescent psychosocial environment  −0.03  −0.12, 0.07  .57
Adolescent Blood Pressure Risk Composite
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.15**  0.05, 0.24  .003
 Age  0.10*  0.01, 0.18  .031
 Female  0.00  −0.09, 0.09  .98
 Birth weight  0.10*  0.01, 0.18  .033
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.04  −0.05, 0.14  .36
 Formula intake (mL/day)  −0.03  −0.23, 0.06  .53
 Received medicinal iron  −0.07  −0.16, 0.02  .15
 Randomized to iron supplementation  −0.03  −0.12, 0.07  .60
 Parent diabetes  0.09*  0.00, 0.18  .049
 Parent hypertension  0.09*  0.00, 0.18  .044
 Poor adolescent psychosocial environment  −0.07  −0.16, 0.03  .19
Adolescent Anthropometric Risk Composite
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.13*  0.03, 0.22  .011
 Age  0.09*  0.00, 0.18  .050
 Female  0.06  −0.03, 0.15  .20
 Birth weight  0.14**  0.05, 0.23  .003
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.15***  0.06, 0.25  .001
 Formula intake (mL/day)  −0.10*  −0.19, −0.01  .037
 Received medicinal iron  0.00  −0.09, 0.09  .96
 Randomized to iron supplementation  −0.03  −0.13, 0.06  .49
 Parent diabetes  0.04  −0.05, 0.13  .43
 Parent hypertension  0.04  −0.05, 0.13  .40
 Poor adolescent psychosocial environment  0.00  −0.10, 0.10  .99
Adolescent Biomarker Composite
 Poor infant psychosocial environment  0.12*  0.02, 0.22  .016
 Age  0.16***  0.07, 0.24  < .001
 Female  −0.01  −0.10, 0.09  .87
 Birth weight  0.00  −0.09, 0.09  .93
 Weight change from 0–6 months  0.05  −0.04, 0.15  .27
 Formula intake (mL/day)  −0.02  −0.11, 0.07  .70
 Received medicinal iron  −0.03  −0.12, 0.07  .58
 Randomized to iron supplementation  0.01  −0.09, 0.11  .83
 Parent diabetes  0.07  −0.02, 0.16  .14
 Parent hypertension  0.05  −0.04, 0.14  .25
 Poor adolescent psychosocial environment  −0.11*  −0.21, 0.00  .041
*

p ≤ .05

**

p ≤ .01

***

p ≤ .001.