TABLE 4.
Associations of Birth Weight and Adiposity Measures Across Childhood and Adulthood with WHO Subfertility Criteria
| 2 or 3 WHO Subfertility Criteria Versus None ORa (95% CI) |
1 WHO Criterion Versus None ORa (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| bw/ga | n = 192 | |
| Continuous | 1.0 (0.98, 1.0) | 1.0 (0.99, 1.0) |
| ≥85th vs. <85th percentile | 0.79 (0.21, 3.0) | 0.77 (0.24, 2.5) |
| wt/ht 4 monthsb | n = 152 | |
| Continuous | 1.0 (0.98, 1.0) | 1.0 (0.99, 1.0) |
| ≥85th vs. <85th percentile | 0.54 (0.16, 1.8) | 0.64 (0.24, 1.7) |
| wt/ht 12 monthsb | n = 151 | |
| Continuous | 1.0 (0.99, 1.0) | 1.0 (0.99, 1.0) |
| ≥85th vs. <85th percentile | 1.6 (0.67, 4.0) | 1.5 (0.68, 3.4) |
| ssBMI 4 years | n = 159 | |
| Continuous | 1.0 (0.98, 1.0) | 1.0 (0.99, 1.0) |
| ≥85th vs. <85th percentile | 1.4 (0.53, 3.8) | 1.2 (0.54, 2.9) |
| BMI in 20s | n = 184 | |
| Continuous | 1.1 (0.97, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.91, 1.1) |
| ≥25 vs. <25 kg/m2 | 3.9 (1.6, 9.4) | 1.1 (0.52, 2.2) |
| BMI in 30s | n = 184 | |
| Continuous | 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) | 0.99 (0.91, 1.1) |
| ≥25 vs. <25 kg/m2 | 2.2 (0.87, 5.7) | 0.56 (0.28, 1.1) |
| Current BMI | n = 188 | |
| Continuous | 1.1 (0.98, 1.1) | 0.99 (0.92, 1.1) |
| ≥25 vs. <25 kg/m2 | 1.1 (0.44, 3.0) | 0.96 (0.42, 2.2) |
a
Adjusted for bw/ga percentile and abstinence time.
b
Additionally adjusted for age (days) at examination.