Table 1.

Characteristics and adjusted odds of obesity at age 5 years among white and black children who had ever crossed upwards ≥2 vs <2 major weight-for-length percentiles in the first 24 months of life (N=12 224)

Characteristic	White (N=10 979)			Black (N=1245)
	N (column %)	N (row %) with obesity	OR (95% CI)	N (column %)	N (row %) with obesity	OR (95% CI)
Number of major weight-for-length percentile crossings in the first 24 months
<2 major weight-for-length percentiles	4 005 (36.5)	277 (6.9)	1.0	448 (36.0)	42 (9.4)	1.0
≥2 major weight-for-length percentiles	6 974 (63.5)	837 (12.0)	1.89 (1.64 to 2.18)	797 (64.0)	186 (23.3)	2.94 (2.04 to 4.23)
Sex
Male	5 662 (51.6)	603 (10.7)	1.0	611 (49.1)	107 (17.5)	1.0
Female	5 317 (48.4)	511 (9.6)	0.99 (0.88 to 1.13)	634 (50.9)	121 (19.1)	1.31 (0.96 to 1.77)
5-Year time period at 5-year visit
1985 to <1990	499 (4.5)	24 (4.8)	0.43 (0.28 to 0.66)	32 (2.6)	8 (25.0)	1.21 (0.50 to 2.94)
1990 to <1995	1940 (17.7)	129 (6.7)	0.56 (0.45 to 0.70)	138 (11.1)	18 (13.0)	0.43 (0.23 to 0.78)
1995 to <2000	2769 (25.2)	259 (9.4)	0.83 (0.69 to 0.99)	346 (27.8)	55 (15.9)	0.65 (0.44 to 0.97)
2000 to <2005	3184 (29.0)	397 (12.5)	1.08 (0.92 to 1.27)	365 (29.3)	62 (17.0)	0.68 (0.47 to 1.00)
2005 to 2008	2587 (23.6)	305 (11.8)	1.0	364 (29.2)	85 (23.4)	1.0
Marital status
Married	10 409 (94.8)	1031 (9.9)	0.76 (0.59 to 0.97)	769 (61.8)	149 (19.4)	1.14 (0.83 to 1.58)
Not married	568 (5.2)	83 (14.6)	1.0	476 (38.2)	79 (16.6)	1.0
Maternal education
≤12 years	2050 (18.7)	262 (12.8)	1.0	387 (31.3)	67 (17.3)	1.0
13–15 years	6098 (55.6)	628 (10.3)	0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)	703 (56.8)	134 (19.1)	1.06 (0.75 to 1.48)
16+ years	2814 (25.7)	222 (7.9)	0.67 (0.55 to 0.81)	147 (11.9)	23 (15.7)	0.76 (0.44 to 1.31)
	Mean (SD)			Mean (SD)
Birth weight, kg	3.53 (0.50)	1114 (10.2)	1.71 (1.50 to 1.95)	3.32 (0.52)	228 (18.3)	2.04 (1.51 to 2.76)
Age at outcome, months	63.0 (4.0)	1114 (10.2)	1.00 (0.99 to 1.02)	63.4 (3.7)	228 (18.3)	0.99 (0.95 to 1.03)