Table 4.
Associations between maternal lifestyle and the risk of offspring MS, stratified by region and gender.
| Number of ideal lifestyle factor | Risk of offspring MS, OR (95% CI)† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Boys | Girls | |
| 0–2 | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) |
| 3 | 0.378 (0.165, 0.866)* | 0.724 (0.312, 1.681) | 0.623 (0.242, 1.606) | 0.496 (0.233, 1.057) |
| 4 | 0.352 (0.159, 0.778)* | 0.552 (0.242, 1.257) | 0.512 (0.204, 1.285) | 0.418 (0.202, 0.865)* |
| 5–6 | 0.300 (0.130, 0.694)* | 0.591 (0.253, 1.382) | 0.552 (0.213, 1.430) | 0.372 (0.173, 0.799)* |
| P for trend | 0.041 | 0.218 | 0.359 | 0.032 |
*P < 0.05.
†In the regression model, we adjusted for region, adolescents’ age and sex, delivery way, feeding type, birth weight, parental education level, parental age, family history of diseases, paternal BMI, paternal cigarette smoking, paternal alcohol consumption, adolescents’ cigarette smoking, adolescents’ alcohol consumption, adolescents’ sleep duration, adolescents’ physical activity, and adolescents’ consumption of vegetables, fruits, sugar-sweetened beverages, and meat.