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Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2021 Nov 12;89:107049. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2021.107049

Table 4.

Mean Differences for CBCL and TRF t-scores by pre-pregnancy BMI category, adjusted and SIPW-adjusted, stratified by child’s sex.

Mean Difference and 95 % CIa

Overweight Obese

Females
n=57
Males
n=44
Females
n=32
Males
n=31
CBCL
Total Problems 1.1 (−1.8, 4.1) −1.2 (−5.0, 2.6) −0.4 (−4.1, 3.3) 1.6 (−2.9, 6.1)
Externalizing 2.4 (−0.4, 5.1) −0.3 (−3.9, 3.2) 0.0 (−3.4, 3.5) 1.1 (−3.2, 5.3)
Internalizing 0.1 (−2.8, 3.0) −1.0 (−4.5, 2.4) −1.6 (−5.3, 2.0) 2.2 (−1.8, 6.3)
Anxious/Depressed −0.7 (−2.3, 0.9) −2.0 (−4.1, 0.0) −0.9 (−3.0, 1.1) 0.2 (−2.2, 2.7)
Withdrawn/Depressed 0.5 (−0.7, 1.7) −0.4 (−2.1, 1.3) −0.4 (−1.9, 1.1) 1.4 (−0.6, 3.4)
Somatic Complaints 1.0 (−0.7, 2.7) 0.0 (−2.1, 2.1) 1.1 (−1.0, 3.2) 1.5 (−1.0, 3.9)
Social Problems −0.7 (−2.0, 0.6) −0.7 (−2.5, 1.1) −0.3 (−1.9, 1.3) −0.4 (−2.5, 1.7)
Thought Problems 1.1 (−0.4, 2.5) −1.4 (−3.6, 0.8) 1.3 (−0.5, 3.1) 1.3 (−1.3, 3.9)
Attention Problems 0.8 (−0.7, 2.2) −0.1 (−2.2, 1.9) 0.2 (−1.6, 2.1) 1.5 (−0.9, 4.0)
Rule-Breaking Behavior 0.8 (−0.6, 2.1) 0.5 (−1.1, 2.2) 0.4 (−1.3, 2.0) 1.3 (−0.6, 3.3)
Aggressive Behavior 0.4 (−1.0, 1.8) −0.4 (−2.5, 1.7) 0.3 (−1.4, 2.0) 1.1 (−1.3, 3.6)

TRF
Total Problems −0.3 (−3.2, 2.5) 1.5 (−1.7, 4.7) 2.3 (−1.3, 6.0) 3.9 (0.1, 7.7)
Externalizing −0.4 (−2.9, 2.1) 0.9 (−2.0, 3.8) 1.0 (−2.1, 4.1) 1.6 (−1.8, 5.0)
Internalizing −2.2 (−4.8, 0.4) 0.1 (−2.9, 3.2) 2.5 (−0.8, 5.8) 3.5 (−0.1, 7.2)
Anxious/Depressed −1.4 (−2.8, 0.1) −0.2 (−2.0, 1.6) 1.4 (−0.4, 3.2) 1.0 (−1.1, 3.2)
Withdrawn/Depressed 0.0 (−1.4, 1.3) 0.6 (−1.1, 2.2) 0.2 (−1.5, 1.8) 2.7 (0.8, 4.7)
Somatic Complaints −1.2 (−2.7, 0.4) 1.2 (−0.4, 2.7) 2.7 (0.7, 4.7) 2.5 (0.7, 4.3)
Social Problems −0.5 (−2.1, 1.2) 0.3 (−1.3, 2.0) 2.1 (0.1, 4.2) 1.8 (−0.2, 3.8)
Thought Problems −0.8 (−2.0, 0.4) 0.6 (−1.5, 2.7) 0.5 (−1.0, 2.0) 2.6 (0.2, 5.1)
Attention Problems 0.5 (−1.2, 2.2) 1.0 (−0.9, 2.9) 1.1 (−1.1, 3.2) 0.5 (−1.7, 2.8)
Rule-Breaking Behavior 0.7 (−0.8, 2.1) 0.4 (−1.4, 2.2) 1.0 (−0.9, 2.8) 1.8 (−0.4, 3.9)
Aggressive Behavior −0.2 (−1.8, 1.5) 0.5 (−1.3, 2.3) 1.2 (−0.9, 3.2) 1.1 (−1.1, 3.2)
a

Adjusted for maternal age, maternal education, marital status, periconceptional alcohol use, periconceptional smoking, and weighted by stabilized inverse probabilities of participation (SIPW).