Table 3.

Best-Fitting Linear and Logistic Regression Models Predicting Waist Circumference and Elevated or Prehypertensive Blood Pressure at Age 15

Outcome: Waist Circumference	B	SE	t-value	p
BMI percentile trajectory classes, 2 to 12 (reference: low stable class)
High rising	15.22	0.95	15.98	***
Median stable	2.97	0.91	3.27	**
Low-to-high	4.88	1.17	4.18	***
Child is female	−4.20	0.69	−6.08	***
Child is Black	−2.82	1.15	−2.45	*
Child’s birth weight for age	< 0.01	< 0.01	2.88	**
Child’s percent weight increase, 0–15 mos.	3.60	1.18	3.06	**
Estimated maternal BMI, 15 mos.	1.11	0.23	4.91	***
Maternal average sensitivity, 6–24 mos.	−0.76	0.28	−2.71	**
Outcome: Elevated or Prehypertensive Blood Pressure	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval		p
BMI percentile trajectory classes, 2 to 12 (reference: low stable class)
High rising	4.49	2.82	7.14	***
Median stable	1.73	1.05	2.84	*
Low-to-high	1.28	0.64	2.54
Child is female	0.25	0.18	0.37	***
Maternal prenatal smoking	1.13	0.99	1.29

Note. SE = standard error; BMI = body mass index; mos. = months. Variables with at least marginal significance were retained per stepwise AIC reduction method.

^*p < .05

^**p <.01

^***p <.001.