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. 2020 Nov 5;20:507. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02391-4

Table 3.

Logistic regressions over nutrition- and feeding practice-related risk factors for rapid weight gain during 03-4 months

Risk factors 0–3-4 m Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 n (total) = 1780
n in model OR 95% CI p n in model OR 95% CI p n in model OR 95% CI p
Breastfeeding
 0 months 1713 1577 1355
  No 1 Ref 1 Ref 1 Ref
  Yes 0.68 0.44, 1.05 0.080 0.68 0.43, 1.08 0.098 0.65 0.39, 1.07 0.090
 34 months 1710 1568 1347
  No 1 Ref 1 Ref 1 Ref
  Yes 0.57 0.44, 0.73 < 0.001 0.56 0.42, 0.73 < 0.001 0.52 0.39, 0.70 < 0.001
Bottle-feeding
 0 months 1635 1508 1302
  No 1 Ref 1 Ref 1 Ref
  Yes 1.84 1.45, 2.34 < 0.001 1.96 1.52, 2.52 < 0.001 1.93 1.46, 2.54 < 0.001
 34 months 1278 1172 1004
  No 1 Ref 1 Ref 1 Ref
  Yes 1.37 1.08, 1.74 0.011 1.40 1.08, 1.81 0.010 1.42 1.07, 1.88 0.014
Nighttime meals
 34 months 1713 1571 1349
  No 1 Ref 1 Ref 1 Ref
  Yes 0.83 0.65, 1.06 0.127 0.85 0.66, 1.10 0.217 0.86 0.65, 1.14 0.300

Model 1, adjusted for birth weight and sex; Model 2, additionally adjusted for maternal and paternal education and maternal and paternal smoking; Model 3,

additionally adjusted for maternal weight before pregnancy, maternal gestational weight gain, paternal weight at the first measurement point and

maternal or paternal diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease