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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 May 9;23(6):1303–1311. doi: 10.1002/oby.21075

Table 4. Association between food insecurity status and 3 and 12 month weight status change from pre-pregnancy weight.

3 month postpartum* 12 month postpartum**
Weight (pounds) β (95% CI) BMI β (95% CI) Weight (pounds) β (95% CI) BMI β (95% CI)
Food security status during pregnancy (n=505) (n=505) (n=492) (n=492)
 Marginally Secure 0.19 (-4.12, 4.51) -0.25 (-1.03, 0.53) 2.91 (-1.89, 7.71) 0.28 (-0.59, 1.14)
 Food Insecure 6.36 (1.25, 11.47) 1.74 (0.81, 2.66) 5.00 (-0.69, 10.70) 1.65 (0.62, 2.68)
 Constant 23.28 (13.91, 32.65) 4.28 (2.59, 5.97) 17.15 (6.69, 27.61) 3.52 (1.63, 5.40)

Food security status during postpartum (n=512) (n=512)
 Marginally Secure 4.47 (-1.00, 9.94) 0.84 (-0.15, 1.83)
 Food Insecure 3.97 (-0.82, 8.76) 0.93 (0.07, 1.80)
 Constant 16.87 (6.75, 26.99) 3.32 (1.50, 5.15)
*

controlling for pre-pregnancy BMI, age, race, education, income, marital status, children, smoking at 3 months and breastfeeding duration at 3 months

**

controlling for pre-pregnancy BMI, age, race, education, income, marital status, children, smoking at 12 months and breastfeeding duration at 12 months

Note: Sample size varies due to missing values of the outcome