Table 2.
Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and offspring mean BP over the first year of life.
| Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI
(kg/m2) |
||
|---|---|---|
| Linear regression coefficients (95% confidence
intervals) |
||
| SBP (mmHg) | DBP (mmHg) | |
| Crude | 0.25 (0.07; 0.43) | 0.14 (0.03; 0.25) |
| Model 1a | 0.24 (0.05; 0.44) | 0.13 (0.01; 0.25) |
| Model 2b | 0.24 (0.05; 0.44) | 0.12 (0.004; 0.24) |
a
Crude model including additionally mother’s age at giving birth and second-hand prenatal smoke exposure.
b
Model 1 and status trial.
BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.