Table IV.

Associations of adiposity in childhood with PCOS in adulthood in BBS, by race.

Race and childhood adiposity		PCOS
	n	Unadjusted model		Model 1
		RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
White	730
BMI z-score		1.50	1.25–1.79	1.54	1.28–1.87
BMI category
Normal		Ref.	—	Ref.	—
Overweight		2.07	1.38–3.11	2.19	1.42–3.35
Obese		2.82	1.63–4.86	2.93	1.65–5.22
WHtR, per 0.01 unita		1.08	1.04–1.11	1.11	1.05–1.17
WHtR categorya
<0.5		Ref.	—	Ref.	—
≥0.5		2.00	0.66–6.07	2.00	0.64–6.27
Black	517
BMI z-score		1.00	0.70–1.43	1.03	0.72–1.47
BMI category
Normal		Ref.	—	Ref.	—
Overweight		1.36	0.59–3.13	1.43	0.64–8.26
Obese		0.29	0.04–2.35	0.19	0.03–2.78
WHtR, per 0.01 unita		0.89	0.76–1.04	0.88	0.76–1.02
WHtR categorya
<0.5		Ref.	—	Ref.	—
≥0.5		N/A		N/A

Model 1: adjust for childhood age, age at menarche, highest parental education and own-education

^a n = 109 in white race and n = 185 in black race in BBS