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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 5. Association between food insecurity status at 12 month weight status change from pre-pregnancy weight stratified by pre-pregnancy weight.

12 Month Weight (pounds)* 12 Month BMI*
Normal Weight β (95% CI) Overweight/Obese β (95% CI) Normal Weight β (95% CI) Overweight/Obese β (95% CI)
Food security status during pregnancy (n=320) (n=172) (n=320) (n=172)
 Marginally Secure 0.85 (-4.70, 6.39) 4.48 (-4.02, 12.98) -0.11 (-1.15, 0.92) 0.60 (-0.90, 2.10)
 Food Insecure -2.46 (-10.71, 5.78) 10.37 (0.89, 19.84) -0.11 (-1.64, 1.43) 2.60 (0.92, 4.27)
 Constant 11.56 (-2.54, 25.66) 30.55 (10.43, 50.68) 2.70 (0.06, 5.33) 6.00 (2.45, 9.56)

Food security status during postpartum (n=320) (n=180) (n=320) (n=172)
 Marginally Secure 3.36 (-2.78, 9.52) 6.80 (-3.55, 17.15) 0.28 (-0.87, 1.43) 1.50 (-0.34, 3.34)
 Food Insecure -2.02 (-7.90, 3.88) 7.33 (-1.39, 16.05) -030 (-1.40, 0.80) 1.59 (0.04, 3.14)
 Constant 9.99 (-4.15, 24.12) 24.66 (4.41, 44.90) 2.55 (0.09, 5.19) 4.49 (0.89, 8.09)
*

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