Fig 4. Maternal smoking with risks of childhood overweight assessed by two-stage random-effects models.

(A) First trimester smoking versus nonsmoking, (B) continued smoking versus nonsmoking. Values are odds ratios (95% CIs) per cohort and pooled from binary logistic regression models that reflect the risk of childhood overweight per smoking pattern (first-trimester-only smoking or continued smoking) compared to that of nonsmoking. Models are adjusted for maternal age, educational level, parity, prepregnancy or early-pregnancy body mass index, alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and paternal smoking. The cohorts for which no estimate was provided had no data available for that particular analysis. The heterogeneity between the estimates of each cohort was 0% (95% CI 0%–60%) and 47% (95% CI 1%–72%) for first-trimester-only smoking and continued smoking, respectively. CI, confidence interval, IV, instrumental variable.